I agree with you about the process of Bonsai being the reward. I have trees I’ve bought and ones I’ve started myself. It’s the ones I’ve started myself that I find the most enjoyable thanks for all your hard work
As a houseplant grower and hobby gardener I have moved to a stage that I don't enjoy buying mature plants any more. I prefer buying mini plants (really cheap!) and see them develop into mature plants. I also grow plants from seeds and it is so satisfying. Last summer I added a small (30 cm) spruce to my flower bench. I found it in a bushy place under the trees. It had really thin needles and it looked weak. In its new spot it got much thicker needles in no time at all. It is really cute now. So, I'm kind of doing a little Bonsai kind of stuff outdoors. I'm planning to add a pine in the flower bench too. I love the conifers. As for the shows I have seen on your channel, I noticed that I liked the Toronto show and your local show trees more than the older professional grower trees. I could imagine having something similar at home, so they looked more real. And I got a more vigorous vibe from them.
I like your philosophy about growing trees/plants/anything alive - it is all about hands on and less about just viewing trees - also enjoyable but not a day to day activity. That being said - with all humor intended - it is time for your head to be pruned or you won't fit in the plant room!
I agree Nigel about the size of the trees. The smaller the bonsai the more like miniature trees they are to me because they are that much farther way from normal size. Although beautiful, some of the larger bonsai in the botanical gardens started to feel like pruned shrubs (probably a sacrilegious opinion to some..sorry!) Keep showing us how to do hobbyist trees...that's my goal for all my bonsai and I enjoy learning from hobbyist masters like yourself! 😁
I like your philosophy on the hobby bonsai and Montreal trees Nigel, it should never be discouraging to develop your own masterpieces of the future. Thankyou for filming the Montreal botanical garden collection, i thoroughly enjoyed the tour and it was obvious you were blown away and had a great time on your tour. Your happy spirit really shone through while filming..i loved it.
I share your same goals for my Bonsai Nigel. The joy is in the small and sometimes surprising results from our efforts. Thanks for these philosophical interludes. They always hit the spot for me. 😊
MT another nice tree to work on that is out of the box. With your skills I know that it will develop into a nice looking tree. Developing from seeds is a great satisfaction to ones self. Very enjoyable.
Too bad Jay couldn't make it to Montreal. I hope all is well. It takes a lot of time and dedication for growing high quality bonsai and this is not easy to do at a hobby level. So I have great admiration for those who manage to take it from a hobby level to a professional level.
After watching your videos I find my self walking on the coast and looking at the little blueberry bushes and trying to find the best trunk line on them.
That's some great words and that the same for me, that is one of the reason that I got into this hobby, did not want to get one 1 tree, I have started this year and got lot of trees this year most of them are pre-bonsai/development stage. Like I said before I want to focus on fruit trees, but have other trees also, and just to see them grow and bud out after a cut makes me happy and My Edible Fig is coming on nicely, was n 1m nursery stock, did 2 air layering's to make 3 trees out of them, gave one one away, styled the one to be a Bonsai and keeping the mother tree to give me more future trees. Cheers from South Africa.
I may have to pick up a copy of that book. My family and I visited the Espace pour la vie on our own Montreal trip this summer, but only had enough time to see part of the Gardens and sadly didn't make it to the bonsai.
Nigel I’m lucky enough to have a mature acacia tree in the yard next to mine where my in laws lived for many years. I have 2 two year old trees that grew in between the rocks around my pool. I carefully dug them out last summer and they are doing quite well. The mature tree has thrones but not like yours.
I have to agree when you talk about *hobby trees, none of mine will ever be show stoppers,but I like the process of nursery stock to little tree ,for me ,that's where the fun aspect is,really enjoyed the behind the scenes tour tho, those guys have most hobbyists dream job but I'd be terrified working on a 100 Yr old tree 🙂.....mat.
Will you be making a shelf for the back wall in the plant room in order to keep the middle of the room clear for you to walk and store more trees? Maybe would work to help you out with the storage of the trees for the winter months. Just a thought.
i found a couple similar trees as sapplings growing in the woods a few years ago.. they are interesting trees, opening and closing their leaves throughout the day and evening depending.. my hope at first, was that they were hawthorn, because i didnt really know what a hawthorn looked like, but since they had thorns i was hoping.. i know they arent memosas, and after a couple years, i started thinking they were acacias or mosquitte.. excuse my spelling.. very similar looking to what you have here, except the thorns are much thinner, just as long, but only single thorns rather than two.. id been watering them quite a bit, and keeping them in the shade, but once i suspected they were mosquitte, i started watering them less and putting them more in the sun, which they seemed to like a bit more
I really like your philosophy that the journey itself is the target in bonsai. The trees in Montreal appear like human super models to me. Nice to look at but too perfect und even clinical sometimes. Not the way I am and I live with at home. ;)
Buongiorno si e vero che per avere tutte quelle belle piante e impegnativo ma devi ammettere che e deprimente guardare i propri bonsai in confronto ma godiamoci evoluzione passo passo ciao buon lavoro
Great to see the Acacia's, how are the ones from Neko in South Africa doing. Like yours my Acacia's don't like the cold and are looking sad now. You mind your knees in that crawl space under the table, you're not getting any younger. Great vid Nigel cheers 👍
My acacia is going into it's second winter and it is getting very tall. When do I start to prune? How many years? I see a lot of different answers online.
I agree with you about the process of Bonsai being the reward. I have trees I’ve bought and ones I’ve started myself. It’s the ones I’ve started myself that I find the most enjoyable thanks for all your hard work
As a houseplant grower and hobby gardener I have moved to a stage that I don't enjoy buying mature plants any more. I prefer buying mini plants (really cheap!) and see them develop into mature plants. I also grow plants from seeds and it is so satisfying. Last summer I added a small (30 cm) spruce to my flower bench. I found it in a bushy place under the trees. It had really thin needles and it looked weak. In its new spot it got much thicker needles in no time at all. It is really cute now. So, I'm kind of doing a little Bonsai kind of stuff outdoors. I'm planning to add a pine in the flower bench too. I love the conifers.
As for the shows I have seen on your channel, I noticed that I liked the Toronto show and your local show trees more than the older professional grower trees. I could imagine having something similar at home, so they looked more real. And I got a more vigorous vibe from them.
Jay is the man. Great friend.
I like your philosophy about growing trees/plants/anything alive - it is all about hands on and less about just viewing trees - also enjoyable but not a day to day activity. That being said - with all humor intended - it is time for your head to be pruned or you won't fit in the plant room!
I agree Nigel about the size of the trees. The smaller the bonsai the more like miniature trees they are to me because they are that much farther way from normal size. Although beautiful, some of the larger bonsai in the botanical gardens started to feel like pruned shrubs (probably a sacrilegious opinion to some..sorry!) Keep showing us how to do hobbyist trees...that's my goal for all my bonsai and I enjoy learning from hobbyist masters like yourself! 😁
I liked the 'no look big cut' 🤣
I like your philosophy on the hobby bonsai and Montreal trees Nigel, it should never be discouraging to develop your own masterpieces of the future. Thankyou for filming the Montreal botanical garden collection, i thoroughly enjoyed the tour and it was obvious you were blown away and had a great time on your tour. Your happy spirit really shone through while filming..i loved it.
I share your same goals for my Bonsai Nigel. The joy is in the small and sometimes surprising results from our efforts. Thanks for these philosophical interludes. They always hit the spot for me. 😊
Excellent Video Nigel! Words of wisdom for sure!
MT another nice tree to work on that is out of the box. With your skills I know that it will develop into a nice looking tree. Developing from seeds is a great satisfaction to ones self. Very enjoyable.
Too bad Jay couldn't make it to Montreal. I hope all is well.
It takes a lot of time and dedication for growing high quality bonsai and this is not easy to do at a hobby level. So I have great admiration for those who manage to take it from a hobby level to a professional level.
Thank you Nigel! The trip really was a success and I can’t wait for the next one! 🐦💙
After watching your videos I find my self walking on the coast and looking at the little blueberry bushes and trying to find the best trunk line on them.
That's some great words and that the same for me, that is one of the reason that I got into this hobby, did not want to get one 1 tree, I have started this year and got lot of trees this year most of them are pre-bonsai/development stage. Like I said before I want to focus on fruit trees, but have other trees also, and just to see them grow and bud out after a cut makes me happy and My Edible Fig is coming on nicely, was n 1m nursery stock, did 2 air layering's to make 3 trees out of them, gave one one away, styled the one to be a Bonsai and keeping the mother tree to give me more future trees. Cheers from South Africa.
Love you, Nigel.
i like the crawl space😀
I agree Nigel. I enjoy the day to day process of bonsai also
Hey Nigel , I salute ur humbleness and acceptance ❤️
Hello Nigel, if you have an extra BRT cutting i could use one. Love the process too, though sometimes I do have some tree envy.
I have the BRT from the workshop, I don't need two!! If you want a smaller cutting, I'll pot that up for you also!
Love (and share) your bonsai philosophy Nigel. Thanks, keep growing
I may have to pick up a copy of that book. My family and I visited the Espace pour la vie on our own Montreal trip this summer, but only had enough time to see part of the Gardens and sadly didn't make it to the bonsai.
Nigel I’m lucky enough to have a mature acacia tree in the yard next to mine where my in laws lived for many years. I have 2 two year old trees that grew in between the rocks around my pool. I carefully dug them out last summer and they are doing quite well. The mature tree has thrones but not like yours.
I have to agree when you talk about *hobby trees, none of mine will ever be show stoppers,but I like the process of nursery stock to little tree ,for me ,that's where the fun aspect is,really enjoyed the behind the scenes tour tho, those guys have most hobbyists dream job but I'd be terrified working on a 100 Yr old tree 🙂.....mat.
I end up stacking little pots on top of bare space on bigger pots. They end up growing together by spring. Lol
Lol, I've done that too!!
That bullhorn acacia is fascinating
Nice to do something out of the box by growing a BHA. Nice looking thorns on this tree and the pruning should see some nice growth on it.
Everything is looking good Nigel!
Thanks Xin!!
training pots are great for bonsai !
Will you be making a shelf for the back wall in the plant room in order to keep the middle of the room clear for you to walk and store more trees? Maybe would work to help you out with the storage of the trees for the winter months. Just a thought.
i found a couple similar trees as sapplings growing in the woods a few years ago.. they are interesting trees, opening and closing their leaves throughout the day and evening depending.. my hope at first, was that they were hawthorn, because i didnt really know what a hawthorn looked like, but since they had thorns i was hoping.. i know they arent memosas, and after a couple years, i started thinking they were acacias or mosquitte.. excuse my spelling.. very similar looking to what you have here, except the thorns are much thinner, just as long, but only single thorns rather than two.. id been watering them quite a bit, and keeping them in the shade, but once i suspected they were mosquitte, i started watering them less and putting them more in the sun, which they seemed to like a bit more
Enjoyed seeing you work on these acacias. Like you I enjoy the process of working on bonsai. Are we thinking more "mindfully" about this hobby? LOL
I really like your philosophy that the journey itself is the target in bonsai. The trees in Montreal appear like human super models to me. Nice to look at but too perfect und even clinical sometimes. Not the way I am and I live with at home. ;)
You definitely need acacia Albizi (silky tree)in your collection!
Hello Nigel, from Georgia!
Was that a Eucalytus in the greenhouse? Looked like one growing nicely for you.
I do like your trees and bonsai size and I just started doing my own like two months ago. Do you have any advice for me?
Hey Nigel were would one look for those rain barrels I would like to get one for my place ? Cheers my friend
Buongiorno si e vero che per avere tutte quelle belle piante e impegnativo ma devi ammettere che e deprimente guardare i propri bonsai in confronto ma godiamoci evoluzione passo passo ciao buon lavoro
Great to see the Acacia's, how are the ones from Neko in South Africa doing. Like yours my Acacia's don't like the cold and are looking sad now. You mind your knees in that crawl space under the table, you're not getting any younger. Great vid Nigel cheers 👍
He’s only 60 !!!! ✌️
@@gayefanner731 Im 61 and my joints creek a lot 😂
A mere baby! I’m 68 and despite 50+years working out in all weathers(in England) I’m fit as a fiddle! ✌️
Praise God !!! 🙏✝️
Hi Nigel, Do you have a link to where to get that book from? (if its available)
www.amazon.ca/Bonsai-Penjing-Collections-Montr%C3%A9al-Botanitcal/dp/2980121851/ref=asc_df_2980121851/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=335179650127&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14687373327520089790&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=9061029&hvlocphy=9001059&hvtargid=pla-812635383578&psc=1
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Do you have any knife leaf acacia?
Try air layering your bonsais before pruning a branch for successful clones.
I want to ask you which state you are
I'm in Ontario Canada.
Nigel, I have many acacia in Va, they came from Wigerts in Fl, love these trees 🤙🏼😎
My acacia is going into it's second winter and it is getting very tall. When do I start to prune? How many years? I see a lot of different answers online.
You should be able to prune it back now, they are quite tough trees!!
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It is a good thing you are so flexable! 👍🤔
You have way too much trees Nigel 💀😂😂
Would you cut down your collection in the future focusing on fewer quanlity trees?
Doesn’t he need as many as possible for his UA-cam business?✌️
@@gayefanner731 This os not his bussines lol
O really?
why your hair looks like a tree wizard?
Foist
You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit! ❤