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Creating My Bog Style, Mixed Forest Planting, The Bonsai Zone, April 2021
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 เม.ย. 2021
- I complete my first mixed species bonsai forest or penjing! The trees used are native black Spruce and Larch trees. I'm creating a northern bog style planting that should highlight the Larch trees in their fall colours.
The trees used are Picea mariana and Larix laricina.
To see previous videos of the trees used in the forest, click on the playlist here....
• Northern Bog Style Mix...
To see previous videos of the Larch seedlings, click on the playlist here...
• Larch Seedlings
#TheBonsaiZone
These large forest plantings are my favorites.
Nigel, you certainly excel on forest and penjing perhaps even more than individual bonsai. It is so entertaining and captivating to see the progress and hear your reasons and plan for future!!
The planting looks great. I don’t know how on earth you have such a great vision for design. It’s always fascinating to watch you work and make decisions on your planting layout.
Nigel planting video with a 40 minute duration? Bottle of Shiraz? My Saturday night is made
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@@georgebeeton1658 i think you accidentally cut of your
A nice and interesting composition. Life and death so close together. Bold design that I've never seen before. Very well done Nigel.
It came together so well as you added the patches of wild chamomile, "bog" material and moss. Beautiful. The ground level close-ups of the sun dappled forest were inviting. A peaceful, meditative landscape to enjoy and visit over the seasons. Thank you.
You truly are a talented artist.
Somehow you made that work. When I saw your plan at first I was skeptical to say the least. Then it transformed into a naturally attractive planting. Well done!
You know, I apologize for not stopping by more often. But when I do, you’re like the perfect neighbor. You don’t care when I need to work , sleep and hide, but you’re always there when I actually feel like being social. And every time I stop by, you’re just doing some of the coolest stuff ! Thanks, man. It’s good to “ get away “ for a bit ! 👍 I aware time is worth more to me at my age now than money. Your videos are always time well spent . Be well !!!
Ps. You nailed my memory of camping every year in New Jersey !!! Bravo !!
I have started to create a forrest out of Small leaf linden, elms and maples. These trees are naturally growing together in Austrian valleys. A lot of work ahead.
I really love this scene you built and bogs in general. You make it seem very natural and miniaturized. I know landscapes like these from holidays spent in Sweden so the scene you made also reminded me of that. Thanks for sharing, greetings from Germany :)
Beautiful penjing 👍looking forward to see it in autumn 🍂
I'm fairly new to bonsai, started about 8 years ago with some homegrown apple seedlings.
Nigel your videos are such an inspiration! Love the amount of care you pour into these trees, not to mention the amount of information en ideas you send out in to the world!
Thank you so such
I found this channel because I got some little make your own bonsai kit with seeds and wanted to watch videos on growing bonsai from seed. I am absolutely blown away by this channel. excellent information. a true labor of love.
Mr Saunders, I really enjoy your demonstrations and you keen sense of composition. Sometimes your explanations are lengthy, but always very informative. Please continue with the Bonsais Zone.
Considering it's only just been planted it looks very effective and natural. A credit to your skills Nigel.
Thanks David, so far all the trees are doing well!
That looks fantastic! The bogs here are muskeg mostly, we call it Loon shit. Stinky black slimy gunk. We have to build special roads over them with corduroy matting under, if you leave the road you will sink into oblivion. Machines have been lost. The trees that grow in them are small, thin and straight as arrows. Many bog lands do not have the Canadian shield showing through, they are just flat. Some places the shield shows through, it's beautiful, but there are different trees and styles there... Many bogs here have cedar mixed in as well, and birch. The moss grows right through, it's really thick peat moss. Even where you think no sun shines, there is still moss there. Some trees have a circle of shed needles under them. The shed needles can be an inch deep. That is what stops growth under the tree. Not so much in bogs though... The moss in some bogs will grow in little mounds, caused by frost heaves and water filling and draining. These areas, you will find pitcher plants in the moss mounds. :)
It looks very convincing to me. Even I can imagine myself walking through that tiny forest as a tiny human. Very well done sir.
best grouping yet. the 3 style trees are a great idea and look. thank you
That looks so good. I thought it would be too many trees but it isn't. I can hardly wait to see it in the fall.
This is the coolest thing I have ever seen in bonsai realm, what fun go create that piece of nature like an art form. Excellent work
Totally mesmerising! Agree you master forest, or better off landscaping. Thanks for sharing your love and passion to bonsai. Inspiring- /Gaveyt, Valencia-Spain
Over the years i have learnt so much from your videos and now this is a great way to start my next bonsai forest.
Thank you for the video.
It is hard to believe that is a new planting and i like the dead tree idea.
Thanks Kevin!
The end shots and music Nigel 🔥
Felt like I was a drone in a northern forest. It all feels so authentic - perspective, colours, ground colour etc. my favourite video so far 😋
Thank you very much!
I really like the bog forest, Nigel! I have so many forest ideas spinning around in my head and can't wait to continue experimenting. Thanks for the continued inspiration.
Thanks Dave, yes there are so many interesting compositions and landscapes you can create! You have a lot of trees in the works to create some really nice plantings!
I'm not that far into the video but personally, I like to have small trees up front with the bigger trees, like a true forest. I understand you do it like you do for the aspect of a forced perspective, but that's kinda an antiquated approach now. Having small trees up front with the big trees as well as in the back gives it a generational approach as well as more interest and ability to do more with each planting other than "having" to have all the small trees in the back. I love your Avatar Grove especially for that reason of having smaller trees up front. Just my 2 cents, and as I have said before, we may not do a lot the same but keep doing what works for you haha. I still love your videos. You so remind me of someone I'd love to meet and even hang out with I guess you could say. I'm only 32 but I have always preferred the company of older people to people my own age. Not sure why but yea, back to the video.
Oh and the idea of using those dead spruce is fantastic! I love how different it is from your "normal" plantings. I hate that I can only grow Jap larch where I am (only species that can take the heat/humidity here in west TN and even then have to change the way we can prune them). I'd love to have way way more in my growing bonsai collection. Just 1 Jap larch isn't enough, especially when a larch is what brought me to do bonsai so many years ago in a book a seen. ...I always seem to ramble like I'm talking to a well known friend, haha, Cheers Nigel! Back to the video for real this time...
Wow! That turned out great. I especially like the small vegetation and moss. It really completes the look.
Thanks Bonnie, it's developing really well, I'm so excited to see it in the far future!!
Wow Nigel this is fantastic! I love the inclusion of the dead trees
looks great nigel, i can picture a moose in it already
Wow, what a great project, love the granite you selected!
In the end the composition looks very convincing. I'm looking forward to autumn and to seeing it develop!
Thanks Lukas, me too!
What a wonderful planting. The living meeting the dead would not be out of place in a Hammer Film scene. Some lovely in-forest shots. Very Atmospheric
SUPER FOREST. CHOICE!!!
Очень красивые деревья!!!!💓💓💓💓💓😎😎😎😎
WOW, gorges
A beautiful forest. Thanks for sharing this video. It will be a great beech tree to form a forest that I have to do at home. Greetings from Spain and until the next video👍😄
And the morale: hacksaw solves many problems! 😁
Having spent time in Northern Minnesota, I am familiar with spruce and tamarack bogs. This planting looks very authentic. Good work.
Thanks very much!!!
This will be a fun one to watch, great job!!!!
WOW! ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. Thanks
I think that you are a big fan of bonsai forests because you have got many of them.
I'm loving this planting! I can see myself looking for mushroom and berries in that forest. Amazing, as always
nice forest 😍🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲
Nigel you did those trees justice. I love using dead trees in compositions , they add such realism. Well done My friend !
Love it Nigel
That's so beautiful forest bonsai. Watching from Calgary Canada
Today with my class watched your bonsai clips 😊😊
Cool, I've never heard that before!
Hahaha damn, just planted a spruce forest(first one I’ve ever made) and the way you described how boring it would be is exactly what mine looks like😭 thanks for the pointers Nigel I now know what to change with the first repotting in a few years! Appreciate the help!
That is the major benefit of Bonsai community here on TH-cam, to share ideas and experiences! I am sure your forest will look great in future, don't give up :)
This is going to be a really great forest planting. I love northern forests. Excellent composition!!
BRAVO, Nigel!
You can use a flat polished stone as the bog water in your future planting..
Very nice results. Love it🤩🤩🤩
Would love to see some swamp cypress in that setting oneday..
Excited to see this grow in! My girlfriend thinks you should add a little cabin to create some perspective
That would be cool!
Ey you a bonsai master love all the videos homie keep up the great work hope everything is going good in the bonsai zone much love stay positive Nigel don’t forget your a real g keep doing what you love
Thanks! Will do!
Hats off to your innovative styling of bog forest. Great job
Wow Nigel, you never cease to amaze!! This planting looks spectacular. Excellent idea, and great job my friend. Keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing the progression of this composition.
Thank you
Wow! Nigel, it is a gorgeous planting! Love it! Very exciting! Lisa
That was beautiful. Thank you
Thanks Suneina!
Really enjoyed watching you work on this bonsai. It does look FANTASTIC! You've inspired me to rework my park scene landscape. It needs to be removed from the forest pot and replanted with fresh soil as it is root bound. (I haven't repotted for a couple of years.) Thanks for being such a great inspiration for others in the bonsai hobby.
Looks really good
So great!
Woww... Such a beautiful landscape you created. Requires a vision and of course experience.
Such a pity that I live in a region where it's impossible to grow larches and spruces but I'll try doing this with maybe Casuarina and Araucaria trees.
Nice to see you being able to enjoy the garden again Nigel. Spring is an awesome time isn't it?
For me there is one spruce missing in between the space of the larch clumb and the larch infront of the dead spruce. Little bit more to the right, and higher than the triangle a little.
Mad scientist style!
That is a really nice project. And it is coming along really good so far. I always enjoy watching your process of developing the planting, the landscape and so on. Great! Fingers crossed, hopefully this one will have a long playlist in the future 😉
Great, looking good and plenty of inspiration to do my own
This has to be the first time that a hacksaw is used in a bonsai video. 🤣🤣🌱👍❤️
Lol, yes, I think it was the closest saw on hand!
Another Awesome planting Nigel. Love the idea of using dead trees 😀
Using your accent plants for ground cover is also an Awesome idea 😀
you need a round ish bolder like it was rolled around under a glacier and have it set up over half above ground and a good white and black granite
Excellent job. l think one of your moose will suddenly show up one morning in its perfect home.
Thanks David, I hope the forest does well this year!
The mixed forest looks really nice. Won't the dead trees decay in a few years time especially now that they will be watered again?
Just amazing ! Very beutiful !Thanks
Wow Nigel! That looks amazing!
good job, looks great
Hello Nigel,
This forrest really looks great.
Cheers
Hi Nigel! Wow, so far this planting is looking very good. I am so looking forward to watch this growing up and in. You know, I was thinking that some black sand around the bog plants would look excellent, I always think of darker ground in bogs. I know you can get small bags of different colored sand at fish stores.
Did I talk to you about 'hypertufa'? It's cement based, but includes perlite or vermiculite in the mix. This creates a much lighter weight finished product which is still sturdy. I'm thinking you could make your own smooth 'granite' rock in whatever size you want. Perlite is what I use to make my pots, but vermiculite should give it a darker, more rocklike appearance. If you put some folds in tinfoil or saranwrap like plastic, you could even get the ice scraped look to your rock. It's worth thinking about, especially since you already have all the ingredients except the vermiculite, if you choose to use it.
BTW, I went looking for the ingredient you mix with perlite to create your soil mix. What are several names for it? I can't spell 'Terfus', so the clerk couldn't help me with it. HELP, please!!
Love your channel, Nigel. Thanks for sharing all you do.
It is spelled Turface, hope it helps
@@lindagregory6626 Thank you, Linda. Have you gone shopping for it? If so, is that what you found it under? Also, where did you find it? I have looked at Home Depot and Coastal Farms (a western Tack and gardening store)?
@@leneecasteel2005 no I have not, I buy my soil pre-mixed from Wigert's Bonsai out of Florida (,Lava Rock, Hard Akadama, Pumice Mix)
you should be able to find it online though
Сейчас пойду и сделаю такой же лес .
Looks really beatiful!
Next stop, a bonsai forest of sugar maples and yellow birches maybe or what about a white pines and red oaks forest? :P
Your projects are always inspiring and fun to watch, thanks!
Nigel, I love the new forest, the dead spruce really draw the eye into the scene. You talked about the pots being big but never said just what size they are.
Cut the top of the biggest dead wood. That was really bugging me🤣and i think you made it to dens. I like it better if you have it open in back
Hi Nigel unique concept 🇳🇵 🇳🇵👌
Kool
Thanks Holly!!
Another masterpiece in the making 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I really like the dead trees and the use of the accent plants. I need to get my hands on some Larch seeds or seedlings they are fantastic. (I have some seeds but haven't been able to successfully grow them) probably something to do with the stratification process. How long and at what temperature (c) doe you have to chill them before planting? Thanks for the great video.
That’s one gorgeous forest Nigel! I’m desperately eager to create one but I’ve been unable to find the large landscape pots you have. Could you please let me know where you purchased the pot? I tried superfly bonsai but they are having trouble getting mica pots this year. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Also, where do find all your saplings. I’ve spent hours on the internet to try and find nurseries that sell young saplings like that but all I got were puny little plants that barely survived our harsh Ottawa winter, as well as been nibbled by mice and voles. Thank you so much for any help you can provide. The timing of my interest in bonsai really sucks, right in the middle of a pandemic! I can’t wait to see the progress of this forest. Honestly, you are the king of forest creation!
Hi Nigel, I live in Guelph On. watching this video you talked about your mica pot but not where you bought it. If you could please I’ve been looking for pots that won’t break with our Canadian winters. Much appreciated, big fan of your channel.
I bought it from "The Bonsai Guy" you can contact him here...
facebook.com/thebonsaiguychris
Good morning Nigel! What about pouring resin for the water feature? This forest is positively inspired, and those photos you showed in the video previous to this were stunningly beautiful! can't wait to see what you do with this! Love it! Lisa
Resin would be the way to go for sure.!
Foist!
A for Austin, F for Foist!
You can make a forest out of what is left. Then the black spruce can perferably be larger. Then you have one you have to trim and one not so much and trees are much bigger. I think you have many forest bonsai that are of the same height. Please make one where the trees can be much larger, over 50cm-70cm. please....
Omg!!
😊😊👍
Hi Nigel, About that closed captioning! Sorry to be a pest but it is now Sunday at 10pm EDT and it still hasn't appeared. Not sure what you can do but thought I'd let you know. Perhaps it's my computer but I really miss hearing your narration!
👍👍👍
Thanks!
You always provide such informative instruction. Never a dull moment with Nigel.
Sorry to hear about the yew. Was it the large yamadori you showed over the past few years?
almost one year Nigel!! got a plan for its first year??
Hi Nigel, That looks great, How much do them pots cost? and where did you get them?
How did you have moss ready to go so early in the spring?