The one and only, Herons Bonsai nursery tour!
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- My friend Chris joins me for a bonsai tour of Herons Bonsai nursery.
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Fantastic video Scott. I can see Chris getting into bonsai in the near future.
Chris has a Bonsai brain.
Even though these nurseries have been filmed a lot , you always bring a fresh perspective. I love how you give us a better look at each tree than most people.
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Chris, day one in bonsai. Meets Peter Chan, gets grandiose tour of the uk’s premier bonsai nursery. Pretty much another museum. Unreal again mate. Great stuff
I truly enjoyed this. Great idea to bring along a novice friend.
Absolutely love cork bark black pine! Really nice pick!
Nice video guys.. to my surprise, i watched the entire video.
Another great tour thank you Scott. Chris's thoughts made an interesting contribution for those who are new to bonsai. Great to see the Cork barked Pine That is a good price as they are all grafted and have been grown for a few years already. Will look forward to your next bonsai nursery adventure.
Thanks Jules. He's very nervous about his cameo haha. I'm really pleased with the tree actually, looking forward to watching it develop over the years.
Lovely job
Greetings from Nova Scotia nice video cheers 😮
Hoped to see your mate Chris do a regain over the pond. 🙂 Time is a major factor with bonsai. I am developing olive and spruce trees I ground-planted over 40 years back. At age 64 now if I want my 'ideal' mature bonsai maple tree I'll have to pay for it.
Good point
I love it at herons and it's dangerously close to my house. Really nice black pine 👌
Your friend has an interesting mind / thought proces.
Fruit does not reduce in size.
herons! So cool man
@@adamnorris8006 it was, we met the man himself too haha
Great video lads.. enjoyed that...never been to herons
Great video, I liked that. Chris seems like a really great mate.
It was good to meet him within your video, he has a great presence.
How do Herons compare with Greenwood's? Did you prefer one over the other?
I went to Herons once, in October 2022, on the way back from Germany home to west Wales. I didn't expect to buy a tree, but come away with an interesting trident maple. It was in a 5L pot in black compost, branches were dying, It needed some serious tlc.
It was used for airlayering. But the stand out element was the base of the trunk, its really impressive for a smallish tree. If Peter was there I'm sure he would have charged me a lot more than the £20 a staff member charged me for it!!
Over the winter another branch died off, but in february 2023 I took the chance and bear rooted it into a bigger pot with a freedraining medium and since it has put on some amazing growth. I'd love to send you a photo of it. I'll try and find you on facebook. I subscribed today.
Yeah nice one 🙂 I look forward to more videos 🙏
Great video. IMO you don't have to spend huge amounts of money to get into bonsai. If you have an old garden hedge, dig a bush up and start training it or air layer a few branches off it or buy garden centre shrubs. Don't spend too much time looking at mature specimens that are too expensive. You will lose trees and make mistakes. The enjoyment is in the process not the ownership of expensive trees. Get hold of lots of material and start developing them and learn as you go. Learn to take cuttings and air layerings. That's my advice. I started over about forty years ago and have never bought an expensive tree but I now have trees that are well developed and looking really convincing, and I have tons of material that I have been developing over the years.
Scott I'm not sure if you actually work 😂! I feel like you're at a new garden centre or bonsai nursery every day haha.
@@AlexBraunton I work hard for my petrol money Alex 😂
Nice little Black Pine - not long since i visted
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those pines are cork bark pines grow not that well in our climat uk / Holland
I know it's his prerogative but the price of his tree's is way over the top for 99.5% of people
I've been doing bonsai for a couple decades plus. It took a long time before I bought my first tree that cost hundreds. Pots as well. A good pot can easily cost well into the hundred's. But I haven't killed a tree in a long time. I wouldn't be concerned about killing an expensive tree now. Likewise I don't watch TV much anymore and the art of bonsai fills that empty spot. So how much is the tree worth in terms of entertainment. Does it captivate your imagination and stir emotions? Then what does your budget allow for? I don't have money for a four figure bonsai just like I don't have Ferrari money either. But I am able to collect decent material from the wild. And I have trees that I started 20+ years ago that represent bonsai well. Clearly Heron's has been around a long time and the longevity speaks towards successful price points that appeal to a wide range of budgets even if I never get to purchase a tree from them.
@@dk2614 yea some trees are worth four figures but I personally like to find good material in nurseries/garden centres.
I've found some great mature plants that are cheap compared to the starter material.
Just have to be selective and eventually you see great plants with potential to become great bonsai.