Further refinement of a field grown elm bonsai
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- In this video Terry Erasmus performs the final work of the season on this field grown elm. He demonstrates scar treatment, pruning for refinement and much more.
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Love the cameraviews. You can see so much detail. Great work Terry!
Thanks so much man. Appreciate it!
What an adorable tree
Thanks so much 😊
I love your videos it’s so easy to understand
Thanks so nice of you to say Darren. Remember you can thank me by clicking the "Thanks" button just below any of the videos.
What a Cool little tree you have there 🙂
Thanks Sam, much appreciated. You growing some elm too? Wonderfully rewarding species to grow of course.
@@TerryErasmusbonsai I have 2.
Yes that love our environment.
Mine no where near your quality but one day 😀
Stunning tree Terry. Great video.
Thank you Sir!
Sjoe,lovely tree Terry.
Thank you kindly Herman!
Beautiful tree Terry, as usual another excellent demo, thank you, I really appreciate the knowledge you share with us :-)
Thanks so much! Well if it’s useful then I am very glad. Thanks for watching.
Beautiful tree and video Terry!!
Thanks Nigel!
Beautiful tree.
Thank you! 😊
Another informative video - thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it Xavier!
Fantastic 👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks Mike, much appreciated Sir!
Fantastic Elm. Really spectacular transformation from the raised bed until now. a testament to your knowledge and skills, Terry.
Thanks Bradley! Very kind of you.
Thanks for such useful tips.
Thank you for appreciating them 😁
Beautiful tree and work
Thanks Oussama!
What an exquisite tree, hats off to you for many years of dedicated work.
Thank you Bob. Between conifers and deciduous, the deciduous is the tortoise! Very slow out the starting blocks, but man, after a number of years adding slowly but surely to the ramification it’s difficult to keep up. Thank you for the kind comment.
Love this elm, I have a few in the field as well. Cant wait to dig them up
Exciting stuff! Enjoy the process.
Many thanks!
You're welcome!
This tree has inspired me to actively enjoy my own elm again. Hope it turns out something like this in the future
That’s great @bonsaifly! Your patient dedication to it will be rewarded for sure.
What a lovely tree. Do you have more pictures of the progress?
Thank you very much. Sure, you can read www.bonsaitree.co.za/blogs/tree-talk/development-of-an-english-elm-bonsai
Bravo ,T ,ek woon in Vrystaat,dis nou 2de Julie ,moet ek ontblaar en terug snoei ,?dankie weereens vir puik video
Definitely Arno. I have already completed that work weeks ago. Thanks for watching.
Great content, thanks Terry!
Maybe a suggestion, especially for us South African growers: maybe you can mention at the beginning of the video the precise date on which you are doing the work. This will give us a better framework for which work can be done at what times.
Thanks Quintin, I appreciate the suggestion - I’m all for getting feedback on the channel so thanks for that... but I’m not going to mention the date, only the season, which I usually do. I think it’s misleading to give a date, for the same reason I detest these silly calendars that circulate in bonsai circles eg repot in September, fertilize in August etc. Seasons are shifting so attaching them to a date is problematic. However I would prefer that people act on visual clues like buds swelling to indicate repotting or leaves changing colour to indicate final pruning etc, which is also why I try to remember to mention these clues in each video. Hope that explanation helps and thanks again for the feedback!
please . What about rosemary? I did not find a video for you explaining the details of the plant and how to treat it as a bonsai I would be grateful if you made a video about it Thank you very much
Thank you for your request! Unfortunately I’ve never grown this herb as a bonsai but I have seen some good ones and understand it is possible. I’m sorry but I am not in a position to teach something on this species as I don’t really know much about them myself.
@@TerryErasmusbonsai Thank you That's okay, my respect and appreciation for you

Thank you very much.
That's Peter's song!
Haha i came here for this.
Thanks for the vids Terry!
Guys the jokes on me as I am clueless about what you are referring to. Who is Peter?
@@TerryErasmusbonsai Herons Bonsai in England. Peter Chan has quite the youtube channel 😊
@@mattimikkonen8669 sure I know Peter Chan. Are you saying I used the same music? It’s off iMovie. If he’s using it too I’ll definitely use something different next time.
I don’t think anyone minds mate. I quite like the bluesy piano riff that you use
Do you prefer the pine style for deciduous trees?
Hi Paul. Thanks for the question. I’d like to think that I am not limited to any particular style and if you watch my channel you will see that I have trees in many different styles, it just depends on the material I am working with. Moreover I am a student of Japanese bonsai. The style of this tree is inspired by deciduous trees I have worked on there during my training and have appreciated at countless exhibitions there. You did not say though, do you appreciate this tree for what it is or not ?
Hi Paul. Thanks for the question. I’d like to think that I am not limited to any particular style and if you watch my channel you will see that I have trees in many different styles, it just depends on the material I am working with. Moreover I am a student of Japanese bonsai. The style of this tree is inspired by deciduous trees I have worked on there during my training and have appreciated at countless exhibitions there. You did not say though, do you appreciate this tree for what it is or not ?
@@TerryErasmusbonsai It's a beautiful tree and I can appreciate both types of aesthetic, both naturalistic and the stylised Japanese approach you showcase here in this Elm. It has excellent quality: mature bark, good nebari, tapering branches with good movement and the ramification will just get better every season. I like your channel especially because of the field grown dynamic which has been my approach for 30 odd years now. You could probably build a trunk in half the time than I could here in the UK. It's currently 18C, rainy and gloomy in Yorkshire at the start of Summer.
You don't use fungicide on cut scars🤔❓
No. Never heard of that technique. I use putty sealer only. How do you apply fungicide to cut scars, that’s interesting?
@@TerryErasmusbonsai in 1 bottle(in 1 brand product) there are 3 ingredient : cambium ointment + growth regulator + fungicide • just apply
@@potreliefbonsaibatu5035 oh I understand now. The sealers I use are for plants and will contain all that you mentioned. Your original question suggested you meant a fungicide liquid like you spray on. Thanks for clarifying.
@@TerryErasmusbonsai I also just understood about putty sealer 👍💚😊😉😅