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New bonsai related videos every Friday! Watch and learn with bonsai/penjing expert Robert Cho, who has over 40+ years experience with bonsai. His family operates a wholesale/retail nursery specializing in indoor and outdoor bonsai located in Kent, WA, USA since 1992. Asia Pacific Gardening ship bonsais to garden centers all across the Continental US, Canada, and Mexico.
Robert also teaches bonsai classes around the Puget sound area. Some of the techniques demonstrated by Robert are not found in books. These techniques are an accumulated wealth of knowledge over the span of 40 years.
Prior to establishing Asia Pacific Gardening in the US, Robert developed commercial bonsai in the European market while in Hong Kong. There were clients in Holland, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and France.
We would love to share our experience on bonsai & penjing related content. Hit like and subscribe to be notified of new episodes every Friday!
Robert also teaches bonsai classes around the Puget sound area. Some of the techniques demonstrated by Robert are not found in books. These techniques are an accumulated wealth of knowledge over the span of 40 years.
Prior to establishing Asia Pacific Gardening in the US, Robert developed commercial bonsai in the European market while in Hong Kong. There were clients in Holland, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and France.
We would love to share our experience on bonsai & penjing related content. Hit like and subscribe to be notified of new episodes every Friday!
Gifting a bonsai for a Christmas gift? Watch this video first.
Bonsai is often given as a gift over the holidays. In this video, Robert shares some things to consider when gifting a bonsai. Just because you spent more for a bonsai, that doesn't necessarily make it a good quality bonsai. The same goes for the size of the bonsai.
Gifting a large bonsai that is planted in bad quality soil will only lead to disappointment. Purchasing a tree online and not researching where it's coming from will only lead to disappointment. There are cheap suppliers out there that will sell you cheap product for a quick dollar. We've been in the bonsai business for over 40 years and with the popularily and convenience of ordering online, we've seen some terrible trees being sold as "bonsai".
This video covers some points to keep in mind when gifting a tree to your loved ones. Bonsai makes a great living gift and we want to help you understand how to choose properly and not just pick a random one.
Gifting a large bonsai that is planted in bad quality soil will only lead to disappointment. Purchasing a tree online and not researching where it's coming from will only lead to disappointment. There are cheap suppliers out there that will sell you cheap product for a quick dollar. We've been in the bonsai business for over 40 years and with the popularily and convenience of ordering online, we've seen some terrible trees being sold as "bonsai".
This video covers some points to keep in mind when gifting a tree to your loved ones. Bonsai makes a great living gift and we want to help you understand how to choose properly and not just pick a random one.
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How to make Alberta Spruce (Christmas tree) bonsai forest.
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Alberta Spruce trees are pretty common at garden centers, especially around this time of year. They are also what people use as Christmas trees for the holidays. We've been asked many times before if you can bonsai a Christmas tree. The answer is absolutely and Robert found these trees at a local nursery back in August. It's regular nursery stock and anybody can create a bonsai. Most spruce tre...
How to prune a Japanese maple in the fall. Full video using bonsai pruning techniques.
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This particular maple has never been pruned and it's over 30 years old. While it may be a smaller maple tree than some of the others in our previous videos, this one was very tough because there were so many branches. The attention to detail required a high level of focus. We've done many maple pruning videos before, but this is definitely the longest one. Some of you have asked for a longer mo...
Lebanon Cedar bonsai part 2/2. How to wire your bonsai and design.
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Robert finishes the Lebanon Cedar bonsai from the previous video. In part 2, we show some close ups of how to wire your bonsai tree and hopefully we can share some of our techniques in better detail. Keep in mind, this is just ONE of many ways to design a bonsai tree. Our philosophy with bonsai and nursery stock is to ask the question "How can we upgrade this tree to a better value?". From the ...
Designing a Lebanon Cedar bonsai part 1/2: Detailed bonsai pruning
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A customer purchased a Lebanon Cedar tree from a local nursery because he thought it had potential. He wanted to ask Robert how to style this and have Robert utilize his bonsai expertise. Robert goes into detail on how to prune this bonsai tree. Keep in mind, there are so many ways to prune and design a tree and this isn't the ONLY way. Watch part 1 of this 2 part video where we focus more time...
Pruning a Japanese Maple using bonsai techniques.
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Robert and Nolan prunes another Japanese Maple tree. Like always, we don't use any machines. The only tools we use are the secateurs and the ratchet pruners. You can grab these set of tools yourself if you visit www.pnetools.com/bonsai. Use "BONSAI" as a promo code to save yourself 10%! In this video, we decided to let the video run and not do a timelapse like in our other videos. The camera de...
How to bring your dead bonsai back to life.
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The dead tree belongs to our friend Wesley and it's been in his possession since 1985. This particular bonsai is more like a family member to him and he was sad to see it go. There was a terrible fungus that hit the PNW in the spring of 2024 that wiped out many trees in this area. Wesley originally wanted to toss the dead tree and plant a new one in, but Robert had a different idea. Robert knew...
Making a Western Red Cedar bonsai tree from raw material, Tanuki style.
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Robert transforms an ordinary Western Red Cedar into a tanuki style bonsai. Our friend Brian got these from his friend where these cedars have been eaten by elk for many years in the yard. Brian thought they would make a good forest since he had two, but it wasn't quite enough to make a proper forest. So Robert studies the tree and decides that a tanuki style would be best. What is a tanuki and...
Halloween pumpkin inspired bonsai? Check out this creation!
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It's officially October, so we are getting in the halloween spirit over here. Carving a pumpkin is a common past time during this season, so this inspired Nolan to carve out a pumice and create a new bonsai piece. Watch and see what he does with a Carmona Microphylla (Fukien Tea Tree). To get your hands on some of the best freeze dried candy, head on over to www.galacticdruidtreats.com and use ...
Japanese laceleaf maple from 1957. Watch how we pruned it using bonsai techniques!
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Japanese laceleaf maple from 1957. Watch how we pruned it using bonsai techniques!
Bonsai For Beginners 10: How to upgrade your tree into a bonsai with wire. EASY!
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Bonsai For Beginners 10: How to upgrade your tree into a bonsai with wire. EASY!
How to prune your garden maple tree into a Niwaki using bonsai techniques.
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How to prune your garden maple tree into a Niwaki using bonsai techniques.
How to make a bonsai tree from nursery stock.
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How to make a bonsai tree from nursery stock.
Maple tree makeover, bonsai style! Watch and learn how we trim this maple.
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Maple tree makeover, bonsai style! Watch and learn how we trim this maple.
How to enhance your bonsai tree with hand made mud figurines, penjing style.
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How to enhance your bonsai tree with hand made mud figurines, penjing style.
Pruning 100 nursery stock juniper into pre-bonsai & meeting Yoyo. Watch and learn this process!
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Pruning 100 nursery stock juniper into pre-bonsai & meeting Yoyo. Watch and learn this process!
Bonsai For Beginners 9: Procumbens Nana Juniper summer maintenance.
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Bonsai For Beginners 9: Procumbens Nana Juniper summer maintenance.
Bonsai For Beginners 8: How to water your bonsai. AVOID THESE 3 MISTAKES!
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Bonsai For Beginners 8: How to water your bonsai. AVOID THESE 3 MISTAKES!
Designing a literati style penjing, inspired by the book "Chinese Bonsai Masterworks".
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Designing a literati style penjing, inspired by the book "Chinese Bonsai Masterworks".
MASSIVE 16 feet wide maple tree styled as a bonsai! Watch what happens!
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MASSIVE 16 feet wide maple tree styled as a bonsai! Watch what happens!
Styling a HUGE landscape white pine into a beautiful bonsai tree.
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Styling a HUGE landscape white pine into a beautiful bonsai tree.
Starting a root over rock Chinese Elm bonsai with Tanner & Charity. Full training explanation!
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Starting a root over rock Chinese Elm bonsai with Tanner & Charity. Full training explanation!
Revealing the structure of a landscape maple tree, bonsai style!
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Revealing the structure of a landscape maple tree, bonsai style!
Can this Ficus bonsai tree be saved? Severely neglected and overgrown repotting.
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Can this Ficus bonsai tree be saved? Severely neglected and overgrown repotting.
THIS BLACK SPRUCE BONSAI WAS SO BAD! Rescuing and upgrading a severely neglected bonsai.
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THIS BLACK SPRUCE BONSAI WAS SO BAD! Rescuing and upgrading a severely neglected bonsai.
Bonsai For Beginners Ep VII: The Spruce Awakens. Update on the Alberta Spruce Bonsai!!
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Bonsai For Beginners Ep VII: The Spruce Awakens. Update on the Alberta Spruce Bonsai!!
How to create this root over rock Zelkova (Chinese Elm) bonsai. 25 years training!!!
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How to create this root over rock Zelkova (Chinese Elm) bonsai. 25 years training!!!
Pacific Bonsai Museum Bonsai Fest setup (2024)
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Pacific Bonsai Museum Bonsai Fest setup (2024)
Thanks for sharing. I just bought an Alberta spruce which is a challenge in Northwest Central Florida.
I live in California and I'm doing a forest too with alberta spruces. Can I start pruning and repotting to make a forest now or should I wait until spring?
the final product is very pretty
Beautiful job!
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I have a tree like this that needs pruning. I live in zone 6 in Illinois when is the right time of year to prune?
Fuck yea man
the tree looks so beautiful after the artistic pruning. very nice work. i really need to do learn this.
wow thanks for sharing this. for the first time i know japanese maple need trim and prune like this. no wonder the trees i see in Japan are so beautiful. i have a exact same type in front of my house. wish you guys were in our area.
Great job.
@@bellofthedesert1595 thank you!
Very cool. We all start at the beginning. Our trees forgive a bad haircut, but they don't forgive neglect.
@@The1superrussell Nolan was referring to his bad cutting of the image he glued onto the poster board. It was VERY crooked.
When did you do this repot?
@@andrewvillalobos1957 we repotted it 2nd week of November.
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Amazing job! I would like to see a follow-up of this tree next year!🤩
I would love to see more videos just like this. It’s artistry!
@@danacrow-qt5dz thank you! We have several more maple videos under our "Out In The Field" playlist.
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Great video! Also if you wait until after Christmas those trees are super cheap. I paid 4 dollars a tree last year at Fred Myers. That's good tree savings! Thanks for the video!
@@tommytacoma8247 exactly! You can get some good materials for CHEAP at grocery stores after the holidays.
Beautiful.
So nice....🤙👋
A bonsai is a tree or shrub grown in a pot. Good pruners work with the tree, and don’t force branches with wires and ropes. It is a process.
And my friends said I was crazy for looking at the home depot tiny Christmas trees for material 😤
@@mokajones74 not crazy at all! After the holidays, you can find some great material for clearance. We've been able to find some good spruce trees for just $5.
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Great job, gents. We're doing a family Alberta Spruce bonsai thing for thanksgiving. Should be fun. Also, love the Rock sayings....lol.
@@NoCoastGolf what a fun family activity! How many trees are you usin- IT DOESNT MATTER HOW MANY TREES YOU'RE USING!
One comment, aren't a bit smaller branches important because they make the trunk appear even larger, and they are easier to work on? I was watching a Peter Chan video yesterday and he emphasized the importance of small branches. Thanks for the video!
@@AlecShernAPS yes, smaller branches do make the tree look bigger, but you wouldn't want the lowest branch to be smaller than the ones high above. The lower the branch, the older it is, so that's why we tend to remove small low branches. It also depends on the style you're creating. Forest groupings can lean away from traditional rules a bit as group plantings can hide minor details. If you prune back too much, it doesn't feel like a forest. If you don't prune back enough, it gets too crowded.
I hope you will show us when it is settled in the future, and looking like it always been this way. Thanks for the instruction.
@@tinekejoldersma we will definitely provide an update when we can!
Thank you both for sharing your knowledge! Thanks to your videos I succesfully pruned the two beautiful but overgrown maples in my yard this fall after ten years of neglect. They look so much better! Y'all gave me the confidence and know-how to get it done. I am def inspired to try this project next. Do you have any suggestions for sourcing slabs/flat containers? Thank you!!!
@@TheMurpleMan that's great to hear! We're glad to be able to share our techniques with you. As for finding flat marble containers, those are pretty hard to find. You would want to look for a bonsai/pending specialty store near you or find a bonsai club member. Slab rocks can be a bit easier depending on location. You would want to look for landscaping companies as these slabs are used for building large aquascapes. If you're in our area, we have both slabs and marble plates available.
Get yourself a new set of pruners for the holidays! Visit www.pnetools.com/bonsai and use promo code "BONSAI" to save 10%!
Is that an Orangeola maple? I had it opened up last year I live in North Louisiana and have 4 types of maples. I just love them. Great, wonderful job on that one.
Brilliant.
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you
Just saw a video of someone using a hedge trimmer to turn a Japanese maple into a sphere. It was painful to watch!
@@AlecShernAPS that'd make a good horror film.
Stunning! Glorious! A true Master. The interior & trunk of this tree is magnificent! Beautiful to watch the form take place. Thank you
@@anniecrawford5911 thank you!
I have bougainvillea vines on a wall trellis behind a water feature; they are lovely! The pink is called a bract. The tiny white is actually the flower petals. 🩷
Watching you guys reminds me of the days when my brothers and I would work with my dad at his sign business. ☺
It became open and beautiful and formed again.
@@tinekejoldersma can't wait to see what it looks like during spring/summer!
I was taught not to prune out more than 30% per year, seems like more than that was taken off this tree. Was I taught wrong?
@@ksully6551 you weren't necessarily taught wrong. The 30% rule is taught because that can be applied to virtually every tree. For example, we would never prune this much on a black pine. Maples, however, we have pruned much more and it's perfectly safe to do. You just don't want to prune too many of the thick trunks as that can dry out the tree. We generally only remove 2-3 big trunks when doing major cuttings.
what a deafferents
Robert, Nolan asked you if you can use the moss from the tree. I didn't hear your answer. I think you told me before that I should only use moss that is NOT growing on a tree. Is that correct?
@@The1superrussell it depends on what the purpose of the moss is. If it's for bonsai decoration, we don't recommend it because it's too dry.
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Great job guys, you made that tree very very happy. Now we can see it’s full potential. Thank you.
I moved into my house 14 years ago and it had a Japanese Maple. It looked like it had never been pruned and the tree was not looking good . About the second fall I lived in the house I got underneath the tree and pulled all the dead branches off just like you did to this one. It bloomed so much better the next spring. Each year I just do a little pruning and try to remove as much dead leaves as I can. This weekend I'll get out and do it again to make the tree healthy for next spring. Great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
@@scoldeddogproduction happy to share! Glad to hear you've been providing the right maintenance. We love upgrading maple trees.
Awesome job