Dawn Redwood Bonsai: Ramification & Branch Structure Pruning

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  • Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
  • Join us to explore Dawn redwoods, a prehistoric species recently gaining popularity as a captivating bonsai subject. In this informative summer pruning stream, we'll delve into managing and enhancing the ramification of Dawn redwood trees. Additionally, we'll cover techniques for creating, refining, and compressing branch structures, ensuring your bonsai achieves a visually stunning appearance. Discover the secrets of this ancient species and unlock your potential as a bonsai enthusiast.

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  • @The_Dood
    @The_Dood Рік тому +31

    It would be excellent if your long form videos were chaptered, so it would be easier for us to come back and find topics covered.

  • @The_Dood
    @The_Dood Рік тому +6

    The ramification explanation for Dawn reds was awesome.

  • @feradayjak
    @feradayjak Рік тому +10

    Thank you for making long detailed bonsai videos! It’s helped a lot with understanding the ins and outs of the art. 🙏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

  • @TheBonsaiZone
    @TheBonsaiZone Рік тому +22

    The first living Metasequoia trees were discovered in 1944 by Chinese botanist Wang Zhan in Sichuan province, China.
    I think a better approach for this species is to grow them from a young tree, keeping the roots and branches in control. This is a tree that grows absolutely vertical and the branches are all straight coming off the trunk at about a 45 degree angle. I think the current styling is totally alien to the species, more of a typical "bonsai" than a Dawn Redwood. In this case, I think larger is not always better. The more you stray from the natural form of the species, the more it becomes personal art, and art can be very subjective!
    A very good video on the horticultural techniques!!

    • @CornellD.Cavendish
      @CornellD.Cavendish 7 місяців тому +2

      The "natural" method is lazy, Yes we want to see bonsai, the art form, thats entirely the point.

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone 7 місяців тому +3

      @@CornellD.Cavendish To get a tree to look natural in miniature is extremely hard. It's actually easier to create a bonsai looking tree. This bonsai style does little for me, but we all have different tastes in this hobby.

  • @Rojin_Bonsai_Studio
    @Rojin_Bonsai_Studio Рік тому +5

    The fact this video is not stuck behind a pay wall really amazes me 😁

  • @gregtaylor5781
    @gregtaylor5781 Рік тому +3

    Thank you so much Ryan after a few years of trying to figure out my dawn redwoods your hour session has helped me understand them so much more

  • @craighunter3273
    @craighunter3273 Рік тому +4

    Thankyou. That was was very enlightening. When you were discussing the genetics of the tree it felt like I was watching the History Channel. Your video has helped me to understand my Redwood. In future I will wear my 'plus one spectacles' to help me identify those little buds . Cheers to you old chap. A great video.

  • @m.c.goldsdetailing7829
    @m.c.goldsdetailing7829 2 місяці тому

    Just started my dawn redwood end of 23. Needed this info. Your knowledge is amazing. Thanks for your time.

  • @Zookeeper224
    @Zookeeper224 5 місяців тому

    TY for clarifying some interesting points of the species for us. Good work

  • @robertobreglia9224
    @robertobreglia9224 Рік тому +3

    Thank you very much Ryan for sharing this fantastic and very interesting video,i admire your great preparation and technique,very compliments!👍👍👍👍🔝

  • @Opceedee
    @Opceedee Рік тому +2

    This is helping a lot in managing my redwood dawn trees! I did design them in formal upright style, but was struggling with the ramification. This video will pay off in 3 years, when the pads will have developed in stead of me cutting them off too soon :)

  • @chaosgoat40k
    @chaosgoat40k 3 місяці тому

    Very intelligent commentary. Master class

  • @letmebereal
    @letmebereal 5 місяців тому +1

    Now my brain is sore, but I learnt so much.

  • @ricardogiorgi1796
    @ricardogiorgi1796 9 місяців тому

    Excellent lesson Ryan, thanks for pointing out the most important factors when choosing our path on a tree. Just at the very end of the video, I came back to the start to compare the result, amazing. Greetings from Brasil.

  • @DecaffeinatorZero
    @DecaffeinatorZero Рік тому

    These videos are great for when I'm working, there's no danger of missing an important point as the same point will still be under discussion ten minutes later! 😂
    In all seriousness, I've learned some useful info here though

  • @vashti1616
    @vashti1616 Рік тому

    I enjoy these videos and have learned so much
    I did think that there was going to be a guest presenter named Dawn Redwood when I saw the title.

  • @kirang6364
    @kirang6364 Рік тому

    Excellent technique! Thank you so much Ryan.

  • @bonsaisforever
    @bonsaisforever Рік тому

    As always I enjoy learning new and tested techniques.

  • @keefe4484
    @keefe4484 Рік тому

    great demo and enjoy your journey with this...

  • @kirang6364
    @kirang6364 Рік тому

    Excellent technique!

  • @czaczaja
    @czaczaja Рік тому +1

    So much knowledge

  • @egoebonsai37
    @egoebonsai37 Рік тому

    I am seeing n looking pruning process Bonsai Tree.
    I am appretiate your activity.
    Greeting one Hobby Bonsai From Indonesia.

  • @StevesBackyardBonsai
    @StevesBackyardBonsai Рік тому

    Excellent tutorial! I’m going outside now to examine my DRs.

  • @jameswalker3416
    @jameswalker3416 Рік тому +4

    Now I want to know about Austria pines. What makes them different?

  • @rockys7726
    @rockys7726 Рік тому +3

    I planted a Dawn Redwood 20 years ago thinking it would be pyramidal shaped. Over the years it turned out to be a lollipop shape. Don't know if it's because of the soil conditions or location.

  • @wolfwolf-sr6he
    @wolfwolf-sr6he 11 місяців тому

    Thank you very much for this usefull video !

  • @charlesgreen3214
    @charlesgreen3214 8 місяців тому

    I get it!🎉. Had to go get one and cut a little branch off then watch this video

  • @OjaiBonsai
    @OjaiBonsai Рік тому

    Great video. I have a Eucalyptus that looks just like that. Thanks

  • @thegreenmanalishiyamadori371
    @thegreenmanalishiyamadori371 2 місяці тому

    The Dawn Redwood is familiar looking to the bald cypress (taxodium distichum) ...in Hungary they are growing side by side near the thermal bath in Heviz at the Balaton Lake

  • @one_three_eight
    @one_three_eight Рік тому

    Thank you!!

  • @Anonimo-dy8jq
    @Anonimo-dy8jq 6 місяців тому

    Bellissimo😊😊😊

  • @y0nkL
    @y0nkL Рік тому +1

    when I look at the main trunk of this tree I see a dog howling at the moon. great work ryan

  • @personalaccount342
    @personalaccount342 Рік тому

    I love the tutorials and awesome lessons , but i wish you could talk in reference to seasons over months as i along with alot of others are in the southern hemisphere, and have to try to not remember months but convert it on the spot and remember. Cheers

  • @dricus7378
    @dricus7378 Рік тому

    Love it .. thanks

  • @rtaylor187
    @rtaylor187 Рік тому

    Greetings…I was just at the botanical garden park in Toledo, OH and they had several Dawn Redwoods that are 30’ tall. I took several photos if you would like to see what one looks grown in the ground.

    • @dricus7378
      @dricus7378 Рік тому

      Thanks for all the information ; greetings from thé Netherlands ✌🏼

  • @caktrisbonsai
    @caktrisbonsai Рік тому

    😗😗wow bonsai keren

  • @jackhsiehhautecouture
    @jackhsiehhautecouture Рік тому

    Love the fact

  • @susanfrench3170
    @susanfrench3170 Рік тому

    Would you consider using the clip and grow method for this piece without wiring? Why or why not?
    You said that the piece was field grown…where? What’s the origin?

  • @jamaxk1373
    @jamaxk1373 6 місяців тому

    My dawn redwood trees came from a neighbor who has 2 30 year old trees in her yard, yes I know that's still young, but they do seem to grow "up"

  • @KorrakotK
    @KorrakotK 8 місяців тому

    I trimmed a leaf of my Bald cypress. Now that leaf forms a few bud on the tip.

  • @SirSpinser
    @SirSpinser Рік тому

    What was the name of that podcast? Talperian Farms?

  • @matthewkizziahcuzia...gott9632

    I had a mental breakdown last summer and cut the top of my dawn redwood. Down to the stump of 8 inches. Looks like it's gonna have a cedrus candelabra growth.

  • @CaptainFuzzzy
    @CaptainFuzzzy Рік тому

    Its amazing that the bonsai community brought this tree back. Probably not as amazing as Ryan getting his hands on the most incredible specimen of this species!

  • @ignaciogarcia7833
    @ignaciogarcia7833 Рік тому

    Fantástico

  • @greenmaszin_afz
    @greenmaszin_afz 7 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @eeeealmo
    @eeeealmo Рік тому

    When is this from?

  • @MidwestBriar
    @MidwestBriar 8 місяців тому

    Are you that dude from the Trees documentary that trained in Japan and that psycho hose beast smashed your plants?

  • @Book20244
    @Book20244 Рік тому

    It’s called northlight

  • @aap123
    @aap123 Рік тому

    34:38 hahaha EH EH EH EH EH A AA A A A great vid man i needed this information real bad my man

  • @SirSpinser
    @SirSpinser Рік тому +2

    Beautiful tree. Every time I see it, the base anyways it looks just like a dog sitting. Gotta name this one "The Hound" or..... Zuòzhe de gǒu (坐著的狗), which means "Sitting Dog" in Chinese.

  • @CrypPower
    @CrypPower 8 місяців тому

    Very nice video, thanks a lot, but visual aspect of tree not my taste.

  • @greasykhaleesi6264
    @greasykhaleesi6264 Рік тому +3

    Great information as always, but it sounds more complicated than it is due to verbose delivery.

    • @TheMightyYak
      @TheMightyYak Рік тому +2

      Whilst I do agree, they certainly seem to have a lot of people learning from them, so it must be useful to some people in a way that a more concise explanation is not. Each to their own, I know what to expect when I see Ryan Neil in a video, there are plenty of other experts I can watch when I want a shorter expiation.

  • @ranjanty
    @ranjanty 5 місяців тому

    This guy is not a beginners friend. I don't understand half the words he used.

  • @SubjectiveFunny
    @SubjectiveFunny Рік тому +1

    Do you HAVE to be so verbose?
    That may be impressive to the unintelligent, but it is really off-putting to those with more than a single digit IQ..

  • @JCBerner
    @JCBerner Рік тому +2

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasequoia_glyptostroboides