Work on a Korean Hornbeam Bonsai with Me! & Why Bonsai is a Great Gift

Let's relax and work on this Korean Hornbeam together while I talk about why bonsai makes an excellent gift for anyone in your life!
0:00 About my Korean Hornbeam
1:44 How to create a bonsai apex
4:13 Why bonsai makes great gifts
6:45 Cut off redundant branches
8:28 Pull off bottom leaves to show off the trunk
9:24 Bonsai design
11:45 Why I would gift a bonsai tree
12:46 Before & after comparison
13:09 Summary
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[@jasonbollman]

A beautiful tree. Thank you for sharing.

[@jeffhurst4744]

Your going through explaining details and actually doing the design and trimming all the while is a great teaching video, like this one. It really helps us to go forward in addressing our trees. I love Korean Hornbeams, and this is one I and anyone would love to add to our collections. Thank you Mr. C. 😃

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

You are welcome!

[@lisawagner6076]

That tree would be such an amazing gift!! My son was here on the 4th of July and he asked me if the weeping cherry tree can be a bonsai. Guess what he is getting for Christmas??!! I just need to find a nice one. I love your videos Milton, thank you so much. You are so encouraging!

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Better get going now!

[@jeremiahembs5343]

Beautiful tree and well situated in a beautiful pot. :)

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Thansk!

[@davidnewth924]

Wonderful video Milton. What a wonderful approach to bonsai and relationships. 👏👏👏

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

It is really a relationship with you r bonsai...action and reaction. And it will talk to you..by wilting to say I am dry!:-)

[@OutsidethePot]

You can do large or small trees it doesn’t matter there is always something to be learned. It all relates.

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

OK!
Thanks!

[@Mark-wx7vp]

I like big tree bonsai very much also 😁

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Great!

[@garylichtenberger7976]

Thanks again for another informational presentation. The tree is quite handsome. BTW, the valley in Oregon is pronounced Wil-LAM-ett, accent on second syllable.

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

Thanks!

[@chaiwatpotichanid]

🥰🥰

[@laddieokelley6095]

You have an admirable take on gifting bonsai. But I think you must be careful in choosing a recipient. I have years of experience vending trees at a Japanese garden festival to encourage new members for my club. Even with brief education, these trees frequently wind up dead and that is not encouraging. Bonsai culture does not easily fit into the pace and pattern of modern life. But we have to keep trying . . . thank you for your service.

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

I WILl send out fool proof way of keeping bonsai alive. Amytone can do it!

[@OutsidethePot]

I don’t take the same approach to giving them. Most people don’t have the appropriate and understanding to keep them. I’ve seen a lot of dead results. Especially young people that are far more interested in running and having fun.

[@deathofrabbit]

Bonsai is so expensive to give as gifts unless it’s a seedling unfortunately

[@MiltonChang-ee6rq]

ou can make one too...cost s nothing!

[@Snugglez187]

I think the idea is you give one you made yourself. That's what gives it meaning, the value of your time and care, and the fact that the tree means a lot to you.

[@BuzzLiteBeer]

I strongly disagree that bonsai make good gifts - I think you give non-bonsai folks way too much credit. The average person can't even take care of house plants - I have some very conscientious, diligent, and intelligent friends who all manage to kill their pothos, money trees, and other extremely easy houseplants. The fact of the matter is that most people do not care to manage plants of any kind, let alone something as delicate as bonsai.
The only species I would consider gifting are ficus varieties and potulacaria afra - both species that also happen to be inexpensive and relatively undesirable amongst enthusiasts. Those two species may actually take the kind of neglect that most people are prone to. Furthermore, most people wish to keep plants indoors, which disqualifies most of the tree species we like as bonsai subjects.