Hibiscus Bonsai and More, The Bonsai Zone, Feb 2019
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- My Hibiscus Bonsai has finished flowering, so it's time to prune the long branches back. I'm also putting my tiny Serissa forest into a new pot.
Today's updates are my Pink Pixie Bougainvillea bonsai and my larger Ficus religiosa bonsai.
"It looks very natural; it doesn't look forced or contrived"
Thank you Erik, I just have to give your comment the heart!
I agree, what is art without originality ? 👍
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@@9svm that is 100 for sure! haha
Yes it's a first an best channel for me to.
Before I watch this, I must say I love how your videos are actually longer than 7-8 mins. I love the fact you make most of them 25-30 mins...hell, I'd love them and watch them if they were even longer to be honest. Now...to the video...
I really love how you do your commentaries on your bonsai. It is like talking to your audiences. It gets our attention unlike other bonsai youtubers who talk really boring. Eye to eye contact is the key!
Thank you Vergel, nice to get feedback!
I always watch your channel with my cat and this time he fell asleep then he heard your cat and woke up and started looking around!!
Sometimes when I'm editing the videos, I hear the cat and I think it's in the room with me!
I really like watching the videos you make. You are like the Mr. Rodgers of Bonsai to me. Easy to watch and easy to understand. Being from Florida, all the snow is just so foreign to me. Like myself you make some bonsai out of some not normal bonsai materials. Keep up the great work Nigel!!!
Thank you Lyle, I wish I were in Florida today, it's nasty weather here!
I Started with my first set of Bonsais 6 months back after following you and Peter Chan for over the last year. Love your work. The best part is, you explain your thought process so well ! Thanks Nigel !
It's a wonderful experience watching your videos. I am getting interested into learning and practising the art of bonsai
Thanks for the intro. We are so thankful that we live in a more tropical environment. Enjoyed Ginger's cameo appearance! Your hibiscus looks lovely. A beautiful colored flower. Good change in the pot for the serissa forest. I admire your work on the bougainvillea. It is really looking FANTASTIC! I have several bougainvilleas in my collection. Well done. Can't wait for your next video.
Thank you Pat, Ginger does charge a lot for her screen time, I think she's in the screen actors union! We're back to regular snow here again.
Great video! The Hibiscus bonsai had very nice flowers and nice branch structure when finished pruning. It was great to see your miniature serissa forest, it looks great in the new pot. I'm really starting to enjoy miniature plantings. The bougainvillea and ficus are looking fabulous and have to be a couple of my favorites.
Thank you J, I'm hoping to find a nice pot for the Ficus religiosa when we visit the Bonsai Guy!
I can't wait!
I live on a steep hill. The entire hill was a sheet of ice. Some of my neighbors left their cars at the bottom of the hill and walked up the hill. 1 car got stuck mid way up the hill. And some were stuck at the top. It was very bad. Hopefully your trees make it out. Thanks for sharing your hobby.
More freezing rain coming today here, schools are closed. Thanks!
Nigel. I enjoy the way you explain your pruning and why. Also how you try to combine natural nature and bonsai principles. In a past you tube you mentioned a sight for benches made from metal stands and 2in boards. If you could give out the site again I would be appreciative. Thanks Andy
Here is the site! Shirley's Simple Shelving
www.shirleyssimpleshelving.com/videos
I like it when you refer your bonsai a forest.
Nigel, your page is such an inspiration! I used to post a lot of how to videos on my page before I went deaf. Because of creators like you i recently decided to start uploading content again even though my audio may not be up to par like it used to be. Just like you I love to teach people new things! Thank you!
It looks like a very interesting channel, I think you might inspire more people with hearing disabilities to be UA-camrs!
I am really addicted to your channel. I wish more and more videos from you.Thank you sir.
Thank you Kolli, lots more coming!
Awesome video ! Great job integrating 3D printing into bonsai! This channel is great!
Thank you Sergio, I'll have to buy a 3D printer some day and make all my own pots!
Most enjoyable! I like how you give context to what you do. Seeing the iciness outside made the tiny blooming hibiscus 🌺🌺🌺 even more special. Our terrarium and indoor succulents serve a similar purpose for us since we can’t yet start our outdoor patio garden.
I just love going in the plant room in the middle of winter, it's my tropical vacation!
I completely agree about the tropical 🌴 paradise you’ve created. You’re in the Zone!
The sun ☀️ is shining today. Time to see if any more daffodils 🌼 were brave enough to bloom.
I love that your scooper pot still has its bright orange price tag from the thrift store. Just wonderful.
Gotta pop them tags! Thanks!
The bouganvillia bonsai is adorable🤗
Thank you Sathya, it's been growing really well and starting to look more tree like each year!
Thats a beautiful hibiscus bonsai 👍👍
Thank you, it started out as my Mom's houseplant!
Hello sir....
Srikanth Chary from India..
I'm basically a plant lover and I take you as my inspiration to build my skills in making and maintaining Bonsais.
I just love each and every single video that you post.
Thanks for the knowledge that you are sharing with the world..
Thank you Srikanth, I'm glad you are enjoying the videos, more to come!
Namaste Nigel.
Very informative video. You are a good teacher.
Very Nice! I doubt you would, but if you ever run out of ideas, I would enjoy watching you create and develop a swamp bonsai (landscape)
Thanks, If I ever get a Bald Cypress, I'll definitely start a swamp landscape!
nice bonsai 😊🌳
Thanks Indra!
Very nice video!! I love it
Thank you Florence!
Hi Nigel,
I have a lot to learn but am doing so with your videos!
Tom
Great job I appreciate sir
i loved both bonesai sir. i vill watch if u r vedio is more than a hr. i enjoy u r each vedio.
Thank you Ali, lots more coming!
u r wel cum sir
I think I'm going to have to get some hibiscus this summer. The red ones make a fantastic tea.
I should have made tea with the old flowers! Next time! Thanks.
@@TheBonsaiZone My pleasure. Just brew until you've got a vibrantly colored tea, sweeten if desired, and finish with a fresh squeeze of lime juice.
Great works.
Thank you Susanta!
serissas really make a good small forest, the bark looks also old very fast, i will root some cuttings from my next serissa pruning :D the bougainvillea is also beginning to look mighty with its triangle shape after pruning :)
I agree, they are a really good little plant for bonsai, especially for making small trees!
Very very nice
Have a awesomely time you are my favorite you tuber thumbs up.
Thank you Henry, I have a lot of fun making videos!
Sir you can scrub the stigma oftwo adjecent flowers to create seed pods
And if you want a new variety of hibiscus the scrub two different flowers to create new seed pod of new variety
All that ice reminded me of the time I skated around my block as a kid after an ice storm that heavily coated the sidewalks. ~ Your shirt matched the color of the monks robe. That color symbolizes renunciation. Anyone with a passion is likely to have to forgo some pursuits in order to progress and achieve the desired goals of their primary interest. Bonsai requires one to be disciplined, punctual, regular and dedicated, not unlike a monk with his spiritual practices.
Thank you, you do have to be disciplined and make sacrifices to grow bonsai. It's hard to just go away for a day, someone has to check on your trees! I too remember skating around the neighborhood after a heavy freezing rain. So fun!
Excuse my writing I get excited every time you post a video🌳🙏🌳👍🖖
That's the spirit!
Thank you !!
You are most welcome, thanks!
16:55 congrats on that really nice modern spray bottle
That was sent in by a viewer! It works great!
As always 👍👍👍 for the videos 🤗❤️
Thank you Lan Ng!
Aphids! I have them indoors and out! Guess it's not gotten cold enough here. It was 68 a few days ago here.
Very nice
Or very informative video thanks
Thank you very much!
Wow, I hope u don't lose too many, God bless
As always great video! I really liked the pots when you forst got them im surprised they held up well!
Thank you! Keep up the good work on your channel, I always look forward to your next video!
@@TheBonsaiZone thank you 🙏
That would have made for some fascinating photography
I was thinking of taking a hike into the woods, but the pathways were too slippery and I had to turn back, I fall enough in good weather! I will be making a photography video soon!
Nice hit
Wow...that Ficus religiosa has a fantastic trunk! My memory doesn't serve me well so i just ask, is the ficus also grown from seed?
As far as the bougainvillea goes, it's looking amazing! I was actually watching the playlist for it last night and it has come so far in the last few years! It deserves more screen time haha.
Till the next video...do something green today and watch some Bonsai Zone videos and relax! 😁
I bought a pot full of small Ficus religiosa trees at a nursery about 23 years ago. I've never seen any for sale since! The Bougainvillea is becoming very tree like, I remember when it was just a tiny stick in a pot!
See you on the next video!
That is really neat!
Thanks, Holly!
Serissa forest was the best of the lot 🙂👌💖
We also got that freezing rain, here in Vermont! ~ I love to see the ice magnify winter buds.
Edit: heard an odd sound at around 15:11 investigation concluded it was a clip of someone saying "good" during the transition.
We are due for more freezing rain today and the schools are all closed. The kids aren't sad one bit!
Thanks!
My PLA pots also bended in the sun
I paused at 10:34 and the branch covered nigels face like a mustache
Cool!
Your voice is putting me to sleep at work 😴 💤
You need to watch the videos at bedtime!
Beautiful!!
Thanks!!!
Mr. Saunders...all my maples are actually Hibiscus Siriacus! So much for plant identification apps eh?
I just got a new Hibiscus last fall, it has much smaller leaves then my other one!
Where did you obtain that monk statue, it i so serene i absolutely love it.
I got it at the Canadian National Exhibition last year. They have vendors from all around the world. You can find them on line, but not for 25 dollars!
@@TheBonsaiZone loved that you wrote "find them *on line* ". Never thought about it that way, even though it's so obvious.
Mr. Sanders, what is the criteria you follow when you choose a tree?
In my case, my collection is mostly flowering trees: cherry, Japanese cherry, Japanese quince, crab apple, apple, lemon. I also have trees that do not flower such as oak, Chinese elm ginkgo and chestnut.
Also, I tried to root cutting of weeping willows, but after it roots and the branches start growing, the trunk starts turning black and all the root and branches start wilting and finally they die. Would you have an explanation for that?
Thank you.
-Valerio
I tend to get interested in a certain species of tree and I go and try and get one, either a small tree or from seeds. My main interest is in the roots and the trunk, for some reason I find them fascinating
Lately I've been collecting trees from around the world, I want a collection that represents each continent. I plan to divide my greenhouse up into trees from each continent. All except Antarctic, they don't have any trees or bushes at all.
Flowers, fruit and interesting seed pods are always a bonus with any tree!
Try rooting your Willows in late spring, outdoors in full sun using rain water. They should do well. You may have to change the water every couple of weeks if it starts to look green.
👌👌👌...!!!
Thank you sir!
Awesome... 👍👍
Thank you rh
Fantastic informative video. Please answers my questionlet.
- whether I can use wire that is not insulated for shaping the plant.?
- what is the name of music you use..??
Hi! Temperature 68 degrees then 30 degrees! Icey rain! VIRGINIA
The weather has been going up and down all over!
Supper
Thanks Pushpavathi!
Your videos has inspired me to try and make my trees more tree like. I was just woundering why you dont feel the need to rootprune the forests? Is there a big differance as how the trees grows depending on if they are alone or with others in a pot.
I usually do root prune when re potting a forest, this one was too young and didn't have enough root mass to begin pruning yet. We'll get it next time!
Nice video!!
Thank you!
03:51 😍😍😍😸😸😸
You should find a black rainbow hibiscus!!!
I never realized there were so many different kinds of Hibiscus flowers! It would be so nice to have a collection. Maybe when the new greenhouse goes up.
Nice video as always. Thank you very much. I´d like to know where could I buy this kind of plastic pot ??
I designed it on my CAD software and then 3D printed it at our local library. Check Thingy-verse, there are some bonsai pots posted by other people that you might like.
You can get some plastic bonsai pots commercially, but they are hard to find.
@@TheBonsaiZone amazing.....thank you again !!
Hey, I am just about to start bonsai making I ordered Japanese Maple Seeds and Wisteria Seeds and I wondered if you could give me any tips on what to do on starting my bonsai. My problem is that I only have gravel rocks, organic compost, garden soil, and all purpose mix will these suffice? I really need help
The seeds should start fine in any soil mix, but you do have to be careful with young seedlings, they can tend to get fungal infections from non sterilized soil, especially if started indoors. Here is a good article...
japanesemaplelovers.com/growing-japanese-maples-from-seed/
@@TheBonsaiZone Thanks should the wisteria seeds be treated the same? I bought my soil along with the seeds seller
Hi Nigel,
Where can I send in Viewer's Pics? I cannot find a message link on your youtube channel.
Thanks,
Ben
Where do we send our viewer's pics??
You can send them to...
thekwbonsaisociety@gmail.com
Thanks!
What type of plant food are you feeding your plants.
Here is a video that shows how and when I fertilize....
ua-cam.com/video/gXIIpxUqxdY/v-deo.html
I'll have to get some more fertilizer soon, mine is starting to get a little hard in the bottom of the tub!
same type of weather in Chicago
We are supposed to get hit again today, it's getting really icy outside and hard to walk!
@@TheBonsaiZone I'm dying to bass fish, and start more bonsai!
Отличное видео! Лайк! 249
Большое спасибо!
Our hair is technically bonsai right?
Mine sure is!
Hey Nigel how big was this when you started it?
the Hibiscus was about 3 feet tall, I cut it down to a single trunk and have been working on it since.
Sir my Ficus Religiosa is struggling after I made it a bonsai. Any Tips? I am from India.
It may take some time to build up a good fine root system, just water and care for it the best you can and hopefully the health of the tree will slowly increase!
The fly helps
Hello,My name is Akshay,I am from India.My Banyan tree bonsai is 17 years old.It is kept in a small thin cement pot It is not growing any more.Please guide how can I make it grow so to make a canopy over it.Please guide How can I send a photograph to you for guidance.
The tree may need root pruning and a larger pot to get it to grow with vigor, you can send me pics to...
thekwbonsaisociety@gmail.com
I'll have a look and see what I can suggest.
What state do you live? I see a lot of snow.
I'm in Ontario Canada, right in the snow belt!
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Thanks JP!
I want your 3d printing pots. How can I get those
I would normally send you the files, but my hard drive crashed and I lost the files. I am in the process of creating new models. I will let everyone know when they are ready.
Hey Nigel I m from INDIA and I suggested you to make a bonsai of JASMIN KAMINI , a hardy flowering plant
They make a beautiful bonsai, but are very rare around here! I can order seeds when I get the new greenhouse going and give them a try!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murraya_paniculata
@@TheBonsaiZone i follow you since 2 years , big fan of you man
BLOE SPRUCE JUNIPER BONSAI sleeping for winter in pine shat bed. Out doors. UKULELE HOLLY
It will be well rested and ready to grow in spring!
Im getting chinese elm seeds soon. Any tips on getting them started. I also just recently bought a fukien tea bonsai its a neat little tree but i wish i was able to grow it myself. Oh and hiw are the little acaia trees doing?
The Acacia's are growing well! Here is a good article on germinating Chinese Elm seeds...
homeguides.sfgate.com/grow-ulmus-parvifolia-seeds-20459.html
I recently purchased some Chinese elm seeds as well, along with various other seeds for bonsai. From my research, they need to be cold stratified for 60days to break their dormancy. Mine have about 6 days left to be 60 days. I also soaked mine in water for 24 hours prior to putting them in a moist paper towel then into a container with a lid to hold that moisture. Then they went into the fridge. My Japanese larch seeds required 30 day cold stratification and I have already planted some and have a out 8 seedlings. Hope this helps a little...i too will see if I've read that article Nigel.
The sfgate articles always have quite good information.
Ficus benjamina
Hye. Ashraf from Malaysia. How to send my bonsai picture to you?
If you hang closer intense artificial led bulbs, it might get closer branch nodes so it is more full. Given your hight requests. 12:00 What's the climate?
I do need better indoor lights, I'll be saving my money!
Where can I submit viewers pics?
You can send them to...
thekwbonsaisociety@gmail.com
Thanks!
Nigel are you a tree designer..
I guess I am!
Verry awesome vireos I wish you were my uncle I could hand around with you and
Well, if your ever in Canada, your welcome to stop by!
@@TheBonsaiZone hopefully one day 🙏
I want to send u some pics of my bonsai..
You can send pictures to...
thekwbonsaisociety@gmail.com
I have a question, could anybody help me with my bonsai? Like communicate with me and I could send photos?
foist
Excellent Minstera Marc!
Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone 3.30 i am sleeping foist
I'll see you in the morning then!
you are the best nigel,i send you photos of my littles trees on you're gmail
Thank you Mathieu!
thekwbonsaisociety@gmail.com
How do I send in a viewer pic?
You can send them to...
thekwbonsaisociety@gmail.com
Thanks Matthew!