Pruning My Alberta Spruce, The Bonsai Zone, April 2024
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2024
- I'm pruning my Alberta Spruce (Picea glauca 'Conica') to create a natural style Spruce bonsai.
To see previous videos of my Alberta Spruce bonsai, click on the playlist here...
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A nice little trim. I’m right there with you, I love the natural looking conical shape of this.
Thank you! Cheers!
Yes, this feels like a pine tree. I like it. Good to learn that wiring these trees doesn't do a whole lot of good. I'm learning a lot from you! 😊
Thanks so much!!
Christmas tree style is really cool. I like it, just like you said, like in nature.
Love the videos! I like how you explain your thought process as you prune. I also enjoy the variety of trees you work on. Nigel "Big Cut" Saunders !!!!
Thank you very much!
I agree with. Nigel explains so well all the time at every point.
I enjoy that tree shape. I see that in nature here in Michigan. I also find myself drawn to the shape of natural pines and have been taking many photos of them in my area for inspiration!
Thanks for the tutorials and I truly appreciate the consistency of your detailed steps and explanations. My favorite Bonsai UA-cam channel!!!
Thanks so much, I appreciate it!!!!!
Thanks for the excellent tutorial, Nigel. I really appreciate your aesthetic and your ability to convey the information in a meaningful way that is also entertaining. Cheers!
Thanks so much Chris, Alberta Spruce are notorious for the branches not staying in place after wiring. Even after many years of being wired, the branches just seem to spring upwards once again. I have found that styling with clip and grow on this species seems to help solve this problem and cascade branches can be developed with time and patience! Thank you for the donation to the channel and for making your wonderful bonsai pots!!!!
I can't wait for the Middlesex Bonsai show, I hope to see you there!!!
Looking forward to seeing you there as well. The markt is a great place for food!
Yes, springboard is apparently the way these trees respond to wiring. Consequently, clip and grow is really the most effective way to work with this species.
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Many thanks
👋👌 Nice job Nigel, i think i will work my Epicéa like this...thank you.
Simple but effective! Very nice Nigel!
Thanks 👍
Hats off to your purist commitment to clip and grow. My fingers were itching for some wire all the while 😀
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Thanks Nigel, great tutorial!
Glad it was helpful!
A nice and simple pruning tutorial with the AS. Tree looks cool. A cup of tea and a relaxing video with the Master.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Indeed, trees with distorted shapes seem to be all the rage in the bonsai world today. I think it takes a more refined artistic taste to find aesthetic pleasure in straight forms. And perhaps the correspondence between the tree's construction and the artist's interior architecture plays a role here.
I agree. It seems like a lot of the plants I see could better be called topiary than bonsai.
Thanks so much, I enjoyed your comment!!! My taste in trees might be a product of my environment as these are the trees I have grown up with. Maybe if I lived in a different place, my taste in trees would be different?!
I, too, love the large conical shaped evergreens. There are a few very beautiful ones around my town.
Great commentary on your principles. I'm looking forward to seeing the branches thicken up on this very natural looking spruce. Keep being you're authentic self Nigel!
Thanks 👍
Why are spruce so difficult? And I'm a horticulturist! I think they're akin to a sloth. They do what they want, on their own time. Am I right?
Think you are right and at the same time they can be resilient too - they just don't care about others lol.
They sure don't take to wiring well, the branches just return to there original position, even after years of wiring! I sure enjoy growing Spruce, but they can be a challenge!!!
I’ve heard that no matter what you do, the branches always shoot for the sky. On your walk, you showed a spruce that was a cathedral style I believe.
Yes, you can wire then and then the branches seem to just return to there original position. Clip and grow helps to keep the branches in place for longer!
Enough to keep that branch quite happy
Happy little branch ©BobRoss
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Hello. My name is Mattias and I'm a bonsai fan. I have bonsai trees as a hobby. but I really like your video clips. keep it up. but I wonder why you never use aluminum wire for your trees? do you only use cut and grow techniques?
Mvh Mattias
What year did you start whit your first tree ?
Hi Nigel
Hello Mr. Foist!!!
Big fan of you horticultural philosophy and naturalistic style, but why would wire not be the most efficient solution here? You want to control the movement of branches to mirror the weight of branches in nature but wont imitate gravity with some wire? Even a simple guy wire or two would achieve the desired result on the lower branches.
Spruce don't respond well to wire, a branch can be wired for many years, and once the wire comes off, the branches just spring back to their original position. Clip and grow gives the branches taper and movement and a very natural look to them. Wiring on a Spruce tends to give an artificial look to the branches, creating a curved branch from the trunk to the eventual tip.