“Just as in life, there’s no such thing as a person with no potential. Everyone has potential!” Peter Chan is a treasure to the bonsai community and to the world. Great video!
This is Bob Ross style of wisdom right there with the same air of calm. I enjoy Peter's videos mostly for the wisdom and the sense of peace with nature and the world. It has been recommended to me to tune in to his channel as a form of meditation and it really has done wonders for me. His videos are of course a goldmine of horticulture/bonsai advice but for someone like me who is unlikely to actually go on to grow bonsai it's the simple pleasure of watching him work and speak about life and nature that makes me go back to his channel any time I need an uplift 🥰 Peter Chan is indeed a national treasure!
That little bird really likes your work. She's been in a couple of videos. Thanks for catching that footage and not cutting it out. Good job camera guy. Thank you.
Separating two trees in one pot. Me: manipulate carefully with chop sticks for 30 minutes. Both trees die. Peter Chan: Grab with a double fist and rip apart. 2 beautiful bonsai.
You will never know how your videos have helped me. Not only to create a better bonsai but to feel better about myself and those around me. To me you are a bonsai genius and an individual who sees potential in everyone and everything. Thank you so much.
Aww I used to have a little robin at work. He would jump at my pockets because he knew I had seeds in them. He would also bring his babies to me for some extra food :)
I'm afraid to say my very higlight is the cute little robin joining the show and snacking some fruit on the go. The rest is - as always - very informative and highly motivating, but the robin sets this video apart. ☺
Your videos open my eyes to potential and build my confidence. Sometimes when styling, I ask for your opinion and can hear your response in my mind... with your voice. Thanks Peter.
Your statement is so true! I hear the same voice - what should i do?? Peter’s voice in my head - Oh just chop it off. No bother. Look how beautiful now. :)
@@carlbroussard8428 "Sometimes u Just have to bite the bullet" "Always Look From all Angles, U never know what u will find" "there are Always multiple solutions, Just find Them" so many treasurable advices From Peter chan!
Hello Peter, you are not a bonsai master, you are the bonsai master. He knows how to get the best out of trees and from what I see through his videos I imagine that he also knows how to get the best out of people. How many talents the world would have gained if we devoted ourselves more to supporting people and not criticizing them!
I find that by doing bonsai - it has helped me to appreciate people more - no matter who or what they are. People are like trees. Everyone different but all have potential.
@@peterchan3100 How right you are, my friend, a word of encouragement is so powerful that it changes the life of the person who receives it. Fortunately, we are not all twisted junipers with perfect branches full of dead wood. Sadly, many people are going in the opposite direction.
I really appreciate you making videos that make the art of bonsai accessible to people who can't afford to spend hundreds of dollars on a single tree or those who don't have their own property to have big bonsai trees outdoors. You're incredibly talented and knowledgable. Thank you for all that you do!
This video is among my all time favourites. I really enjoyed watching you transform your ‘no hopers’ into lovely little bonsai. I will be going into my garden with fresh eyes now! I will be ordering some of your plastic training pots for my saplings. Loved the beautiful robin watching you work! Thank you Peter.
Thanks Peter for giving us one more master lesson on how simple things have their beauty. Even the "simple" robin joined. I did love this video. One last word for the good job done by the man with the camera.
I love love LOVE this video! Firstly sir, you are an amazing teacher! I recently began my second...and hopefully more successful venture into the art of bonsai, and your videos have taught me more in a few weeks than I’ve ever learned from reading or any other means of educating myself. Most of my past dead trees resulted from my over zealous desire to repot anything I could get my hands on! You have taught me to be patient and repot/wire at the appropriate time. Thank you for your knowledge and for the way that you make your point understandable to us beginners. And I must comment on the bird. The mere fact that that sweet tiny bird was comfortable and fearless around you, is a testament to your calm demeanor and zen-like ability to become one with nature. I could watch this all day long.
Just learned the robin just displays normal behavior. It does this with the wild bore in nature when they turn the soil looking for food just like Peter rough up the soil. He is the wild bore of bonsai to the robin.
Having just retired and trying to fill my time you are giving me the inspiration to take up Bonsai on the cheap, just following your channel I can look at plants at garden center's in such a different way, I am hoping to visit your nursery very soon.
I went from orchids to succulent and now I'm looking at bonsai 😆 I'm going to need more windows if I keep this indoor plants thing up.(I know only some bonsai can grow indoors but I don't have space for outside plants)
Thank you so much! I’m a total newbie and I’ve watched lots of videos and to be honest most knocked my confidence but yours has made me really want to give it a go!! X
about your "mission in life"... i'm very grateful for your videos. i've been watching them for days, they're really calming after a stressful day. even got myself a little tree from the forest around the corner to work with. much love from germany!
Thank you so much for showing us how to work with difficult, intermediate-sized material. Most of us amateurs love to work with larger than tiny material but cannot afford the really large trees. So we usually have to work with older, poorly shaped stock. Love the 2-way split!
Absolutely fantastic, I started being interested in Bonsai in the 80s and didn’t continue with it, I’m 70 now and you have brought a tear to my eye, the regrets but also the joy that people will have whilst being connected to nature and also I will do some again and pass them on to my children, as I know one is interested in, as he borrowed my Dan Barton book. Thank you! DG New Forest U.K.
Just love how you are able to transform a nothing plant to a beautiful creation. I am now retired. Bonsai surely will be part of my garden hobby. Thank you for the video! Be well!
Dear Mr Chan, there are so many things I like about your videos and you personally! Just want to let you know this: I have been interested in Bonsai for many years now - 20 or so in fact. But I have never really felt comfortable working on trees even though I tried a number of things, read and watched a lot plus people who know me say I have that proverbial “green thumb“. I have about 10 “pre-Bonsai“ in my garden I keep going back to but make no real progress with. After watching a couple of your very enjoyable videos I think I know why. All the Bonsai people I have watched so far - as brilliant as they are - have inspired but mostly intimidated me. The meticulous, pin-point accurate and perfectionist way they go about the hobby/art make it indeed seem like “rocket science“ as you say it should not be. At least not for most of us. So I thank you for your unpretentious, realistic, spontaneous and unlaboured way of doing Bonsai. It has defenitely revived my interest in Bonsai and it has more importantly shown me how all the knowledge and inspiration I have treasured over all the years can be actually put into use and action. Thank you so much 🙏 All the best from Germany
Such a wonderful video - full of information and inspiration. Your affection for the plants shows. And your voice is very soothing. Thank you for your teachings!
Different trees, Different size, Different age, Different styles. very informative for a beginner. Lovely Robin, least but last, over head electric cable🙏
I am amazed at your designs with bonsai. I love your long videos and don’t get bored watching. I learn so much by watching your videos. Continue sharing your knowledge with us beginners who love the art of bonsai.
Merci pour tout ce que vous partager, je dévore pendant des heures vos videos et vos paroles. Je n osais pas commencer cet art fascinant, il me semblait impossible à aborder pour un amateur sans base technique ; grace à vous j ai compris qu'il n y a pas de cas sans espoir .Je me lance modestement et déjà reprendre le temps d observer chaque arbre que je croise est un plaisir . J apprécie particulièrement votre approche , ne changez rien !
Great work! Lovely little trees! I did a similar video with wild olive cuttings; like you said, it's possible to make a bonsai out of anything that grows. 🌱🌿🌳
Wow! I am always inspired by your work. I had no idea you could split the trunk two ways.😳 Thank you for sharing your knowledge. My little trees and I appreciate it.😊 Also, love the cheeky Robin!😁
Like seeing your beautiful trees and learning how to make Bonsai from the small ones. Was also very impressed to learn that you ballroom dance and jive swing. I also love to dance and do line and country dancing as well. Would love to rumba with you sometime. 🙋♀️💃🏼
The Robins in Europe are members of the Chat family of birds. In North America, Robins are members of the Thrush family. Ours can be friendly, too, but yours could almost have his own TH-cam channel.
During these month of the pandemic; thanks for a few quiet chuckles, re: stories on diving for nursery throwaways. Yes Peter you have more than served us well. And I am more than encouraged by the poker straight black pine "almost obscene" an ugly duckling to a beautiful swan! Keep teaching and reminding us secret Bonsai tips along with life lessons. It doesn't hurt. The entire 50 minutes without your power lenses. Keep the magic coming. Thank you. And is no solution to a face mask with glasses. I tried it all. Love from Canada's chilly December West Coast.
I enjoy your videos so much. We have large oak trees in the neighborhood and I've sprouted about 15 acorns so far. In a couple years, who knows? I may have more little trees than I know what to do with. : ) Mitty
In nature it is quite common to see trees that have had vines rapped around them and caused the trunks to have that effect of spiraling so I really like the way leaving the wire in looks! People around me often seek these trees out and they cut them and take the bark off and carve them to make walking sticks. 😊
Thank you Mr.Chan for those all beautiful bonsai you make.. its so amazing and stunning.. i always enjoying watching your videos its relaxing for me and i love it👍❤🇵🇭
So fascinating! Sometimes it's hard for me to imagine how the smaller trees will look like aged. Do they simply thicken and scale while keeping the shape or do you create the lower half and it'll add height on top? A kind of age-comparison video would be super interesting how tress might look like after 5, 10 or 50 Years 🌱 ❤️
I watched this video two times and gave it some thoughts. In my view, in a way it's perhaps one of the most brilliant episodes in this series "My accessible bonsaï life" of mr. Chan... (I 'm creating this title by myself at this very moment...). After several decades as a bonsaï enthusiast, I really can agree with about every single word he says. An utmost important point: the different styles should not be taken as a goal on their own but as helpfull when talking or discussing bonsaï. So true and yet, sometimes so underestimated... The more "difficult" the tree looks, the more challenging and interesting it is and the more satisfying the result can be. "No rocket science"; "serving my mission in life...": well, as far as I am concerned, you are serving it very, very well! Cotoneaster horizontalis offers, in my opinion, perhaps the most ideal starting material (along with perhaps Lonicera nitida) because it is almost undestructable, propagates very easily, is very tolerant towards pruning and has small leafs, even nice little flowers and even very colourfull fruits. It's also tolerant towards very harsh conditions and temperatures. Don't be afraid for the original herringbone-like way of growing branches: that stopps the moment you start pruning and modelling. And, of course, it's very cheap or even free (check your garden)... So, great choice! Perhaps a little tip: if possible, put it, from time to time, in your garden, simply somewhere between other plants and with a bit of space, for one season/year (no longer). The trunk will thicken amazingly... Beware a bit of the boxwood: it's toxic (children or pets, washing hands afterwards). And again, that robin! It even begins to obey you, obviously ("pick another one")...! Amazing and so funny! Great video, mr. Chan, thank you, once again!
@@peterchan3100 You sure do! Not to mention that very special opening shot, by the way... And, of course, the end results! I really like that larger pine; looks very promising.
Great job on all the trees. Enjoyed watching you work on them and your feedback and really enjoyed the after when you went back to all of them and there finished look.
Your comments today are why I religiously watch your TH-cam channel. Specifically, you are a master yet show basic techniques to encourage hobbyists. Along the way beautiful trees are made. That is why your approach is superior to watching supposed masters performing a once in a lifetime technique.
In my youth, I used to hanker after being a Master for the wrong reasons, But once you learn to be humble, it is a great relief as you are not trying to copy anyone else.
That gnarled trunk from the wire reminds me of a walking stick my dad made from a maple tree. The tree had been strangled by a vine and the trunk was heavily twisted and gnarled like that. It’s his “wizards staff” we call it. All he had to do was peel the bark off and sand the ends round and rub it with beeswax. So that appearance is something that exists in nature
I have just started watching your posts and am very happy that I have found you. I have been interested in Bonsai for the last 30 years and am enjoying your approach. Sincerely, A. Gatto USA
Thank you for your videos. I just started to get into bonsai. I am an artist looking for ways to create art and this is an awesome medium to create beautiful live art.
I used to live in a house with a massive Chinese Elm with a swing hanging from it. It was cool. It was messy in the spring because at least two hundred and fifty zillion little seedlings would pop up all over the yard. It never occurred to me to try this. Damn, I wanna go back in time.
i used to live in the country with beech trees on my property, every year i sprayed 100's of beech seedlings in my yard with weed killer, Damn, i wanna go back in time too
“Just as in life, there’s no such thing as a person with no potential. Everyone has potential!” Peter Chan is a treasure to the bonsai community and to the world. Great video!
This is Bob Ross style of wisdom right there with the same air of calm. I enjoy Peter's videos mostly for the wisdom and the sense of peace with nature and the world. It has been recommended to me to tune in to his channel as a form of meditation and it really has done wonders for me. His videos are of course a goldmine of horticulture/bonsai advice but for someone like me who is unlikely to actually go on to grow bonsai it's the simple pleasure of watching him work and speak about life and nature that makes me go back to his channel any time I need an uplift 🥰 Peter Chan is indeed a national treasure!
@@agz1302 I was just about to say, “he’s the Bob Ross of bonsai!” But I guess I’m not the first to notice it!
Don't have a bonsai, the algorithm brought me here. Stayed for the relaxing voice and great general information.
We were all once like you. Next thing you know you will be surrounded by bonsai!
True story ❤️🪴
That little bird really likes your work. She's been in a couple of videos. Thanks for catching that footage and not cutting it out. Good job camera guy. Thank you.
Actually, she's been in quite a few videos. If you listen you can hear her singing in the background of most of the greenhouse videos.
@@emmitstewart1921 I keep getting the feeling that it's Peter's wife checking in on him some how. Just doesn't want to be seen or interrupt.
@@emmitstewart1921 I didn’t notice cause I don’t really pay attention.
One of the workers in a previous video called it "Bruce"! Lol
Have you seen Peter toss him a worm? It’s very sweet!
He's the Bob Ross of plants
TOTALLY!! Yes!! Such "happy little trees"... :)
he certainly is great description lol
I was thinking the exact same thing! Bob Ross of Bonsai!
Tortured little trees, but if they swing that way...
nope, he is quite brutal...
Separating two trees in one pot.
Me: manipulate carefully with chop sticks for 30 minutes. Both trees die.
Peter Chan: Grab with a double fist and rip apart. 2 beautiful bonsai.
Some people just have this extra green thumb and they can basically don't do anything that would kill a plant.
I think the point was they were a few years old thus he could handle them so.
@@DieAlteistwiederda I look at a plant funny and it wilts
You don't know if the trees survived ;)
Too funny. I too have noted how aggressive he is with his specimens. Me? Probably just like you. I have not even attempted bonsai yet, so we'll see.
"I'm not a Bonsai master," no you are a Grand Master! Great post
Ha Ha !
21 chelsea flower show gold medals & "not a bonsai master"
You will never know how your videos have helped me. Not only to create a better bonsai but to feel better about myself and those around me. To me you are a bonsai genius and an individual who sees potential in everyone and everything. Thank you so much.
Thank you, for your encouragement, and your freedom, to just go with the flow, attitude. Love your videos
The bird ate a berry off the tree!! So sweet. I love birds and trees.
Oh that bird was adorable, thank you for leaving that in!
Aww I used to have a little robin at work. He would jump at my pockets because he knew I had seeds in them. He would also bring his babies to me for some extra food :)
I'm afraid to say my very higlight is the cute little robin joining the show and snacking some fruit on the go. The rest is - as always - very informative and highly motivating, but the robin sets this video apart. ☺
I think my this is my favorite Peter Chan video to date. The robin stealing the fruit from the tree at the very end was icing on the cake.
Your videos open my eyes to potential and build my confidence. Sometimes when styling, I ask for your opinion and can hear your response in my mind... with your voice. Thanks Peter.
Your statement is so true! I hear the same voice - what should i do?? Peter’s voice in my head - Oh just chop it off. No bother. Look how beautiful now. :)
@@carlbroussard8428 "Sometimes u Just have to bite the bullet" "Always Look From all Angles, U never know what u will find" "there are Always multiple solutions, Just find Them"
so many treasurable advices From Peter chan!
Hello Peter, you are not a bonsai master, you are the bonsai master. He knows how to get the best out of trees and from what I see through his videos I imagine that he also knows how to get the best out of people. How many talents the world would have gained if we devoted ourselves more to supporting people and not criticizing them!
I could not have said it better Josh
Thank you my friend.
I find that by doing bonsai - it has helped me to appreciate people more - no matter who or what they are. People are like trees. Everyone different but all have potential.
@@peterchan3100 How right you are, my friend, a word of encouragement is so powerful that it changes the life of the person who receives it. Fortunately, we are not all twisted junipers with perfect branches full of dead wood. Sadly, many people are going in the opposite direction.
Thank you soooooo much for being relaxed and making everyone feel they can do it too.😘😁
I really appreciate you making videos that make the art of bonsai accessible to people who can't afford to spend hundreds of dollars on a single tree or those who don't have their own property to have big bonsai trees outdoors. You're incredibly talented and knowledgable. Thank you for all that you do!
This video is among my all time favourites. I really enjoyed watching you transform your ‘no hopers’ into lovely little bonsai. I will be going into my garden with fresh eyes now! I will be ordering some of your plastic training pots for my saplings. Loved the beautiful robin watching you work!
Thank you Peter.
Love that little robin bonus. Always amazing to see Peter in action! Loved it!
No stopping Mr Peter Chan...Not even a pandemic. Wonderful.
I found your videos by good fortune, you my friend are an artist, a druid, and your work is a pleasure to behold. Thank you
Thanks Peter for giving us one more master lesson on how simple things have their beauty.
Even the "simple" robin joined.
I did love this video.
One last word for the good job done by the man with the camera.
I love love LOVE this video! Firstly sir, you are an amazing teacher! I recently began my second...and hopefully more successful venture into the art of bonsai, and your videos have taught me more in a few weeks than I’ve ever learned from reading or any other means of educating myself. Most of my past dead trees resulted from my over zealous desire to repot anything I could get my hands on! You have taught me to be patient and repot/wire at the appropriate time. Thank you for your knowledge and for the way that you make your point understandable to us beginners. And I must comment on the bird. The mere fact that that sweet tiny bird was comfortable and fearless around you, is a testament to your calm demeanor and zen-like ability to become one with nature. I could watch this all day long.
the robin is proof that you are with nature, thank you!
Just learned the robin just displays normal behavior. It does this with the wild bore in nature when they turn the soil looking for food just like Peter rough up the soil. He is the wild bore of bonsai to the robin.
It is so relaxing to see a master perform his craft.
Love what you are doing to make these lil nothings into bonsais, I’m impressed with you Peter Chan😁
Having just retired and trying to fill my time you are giving me the inspiration to take up Bonsai on the cheap, just following your channel I can look at plants at garden center's in such a different way, I am hoping to visit your nursery very soon.
I went from orchids to succulent and now I'm looking at bonsai 😆 I'm going to need more windows if I keep this indoor plants thing up.(I know only some bonsai can grow indoors but I don't have space for outside plants)
Thank you so much! I’m a total newbie and I’ve watched lots of videos and to be honest most knocked my confidence but yours has made me really want to give it a go!! X
about your "mission in life"... i'm very grateful for your videos. i've been watching them for days, they're really calming after a stressful day. even got myself a little tree from the forest around the corner to work with. much love from germany!
You make beautiful things from such sad plants. You are a great artist!
You make all the ugly trees beautiful!!! Trash trees turned into treasures!!! Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for showing us how to work with difficult, intermediate-sized material. Most of us amateurs love to work with larger than tiny material but cannot afford the really large trees. So we usually have to work with older, poorly shaped stock. Love the 2-way split!
Thank you for showing trees without wiring ... they are beautiful
Absolutely fantastic, I started being interested in Bonsai in the 80s and didn’t continue with it, I’m 70 now and you have brought a tear to my eye, the regrets but also the joy that people will have whilst being connected to nature and also I will do some again and pass them on to my children, as I know one is interested in, as he borrowed my Dan Barton book.
Thank you! DG New Forest U.K.
I am from Australia and I am enjoying all your videos with so much instructions for a beginner like me! Fantastic!
That European Robin is so cute
Your voice is very relaxing. Your optimism is contagious.
This was fantastic!!! And the little visitor was very welcome! Thank you for a most enjoyable program!!
"You wouldn't want it" no that far left one with the tangled roots looks amazing to me!
This guys garden is absolutely ineffable. I watch ten mins of one of his videos and subscribed so fast, I learned so much. Thank you!!!
Just love how you are able to transform a nothing plant to a beautiful creation. I am now retired. Bonsai surely will be part of my garden hobby. Thank you for the video! Be well!
Thank you for such encouraging words. I bought a few raw material from a garden center and I am super excited to start my bonsai adventures.
Scruffy little trees - none of them can hope to mast a sailing ship but they demonstrate, to men, a life of elegance.
Cool to see trash turned to art but did the Robin steal the show 😁
Dear Mr Chan,
there are so many things I like about your videos and you personally! Just want to let you know this: I have been interested in Bonsai for many years now - 20 or so in fact. But I have never really felt comfortable working on trees even though I tried a number of things, read and watched a lot plus people who know me say I have that proverbial “green thumb“. I have about 10 “pre-Bonsai“ in my garden I keep going back to but make no real progress with. After watching a couple of your very enjoyable videos I think I know why. All the Bonsai people I have watched so far - as brilliant as they are - have inspired but mostly intimidated me. The meticulous, pin-point accurate and perfectionist way they go about the hobby/art make it indeed seem like “rocket science“ as you say it should not be. At least not for most of us.
So I thank you for your unpretentious, realistic, spontaneous and unlaboured way of doing Bonsai. It has defenitely revived my interest in Bonsai and it has more importantly shown me how all the knowledge and inspiration I have treasured over all the years can be actually put into use and action.
Thank you so much 🙏
All the best from Germany
Such a wonderful video - full of information and inspiration. Your affection for the plants shows. And your voice is very soothing. Thank you for your teachings!
Different trees, Different size, Different age, Different styles. very informative for a beginner. Lovely Robin, least but last, over head electric cable🙏
That little Robin made my day...If an animal loves You, You have to be a good man😊 He made me subscribe to Your channel...😊😁
I am amazed at your designs with bonsai. I love your long videos and don’t get bored watching. I learn so much by watching your videos. Continue sharing your knowledge with us beginners who love the art of bonsai.
While I love watching and learning from you, the robin was the star. :)
Merci pour tout ce que vous partager, je dévore pendant des heures vos videos et vos paroles. Je n osais pas commencer cet art fascinant, il me semblait impossible à aborder pour un amateur sans base technique ; grace à vous j ai compris qu'il n y a pas de cas sans espoir .Je me lance modestement et déjà reprendre le temps d observer chaque arbre que je croise est un plaisir . J apprécie particulièrement votre approche , ne changez rien !
Great work! Lovely little trees! I did a similar video with wild olive cuttings; like you said, it's possible to make a bonsai out of anything that grows. 🌱🌿🌳
Could you please show some more forest groups? Your videos are one of the best Bonsai 'tutorials' on TH-cam.
I always like to see how the forest groups are getting along.
You are a man of many talents.
Wow! I am always inspired by your work. I had no idea you could split the trunk two ways.😳 Thank you for sharing your knowledge. My little trees and I appreciate it.😊 Also, love the cheeky Robin!😁
When he was talking about splitting the trunk I freaked out thought he was going to cut it in half but it was pretty delicate tbh
the best when it comes to explain bonsai !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!👍👍👍👍
There is always hope,as long there's life in it.
And you yourself will make it grow.
Even the robin feels quiet at home does he not?
I love the way you make a bonsai, Peter ❤️❤️❤️
stay healthy, thank you for sharing this knowledge👍
Beautifull lection of life! Everyone has potencial! Thanks
Absolutely wonderful! I enjoyed this immensely. With a little love and TLC anything can be beautiful. ❤️
You Sir are a true Master! Thank you, many lessons learned.
Thanks for the fun video. I'm going to wire a bonsai this week.
That robin is adorable! Thank you for the informative lessons, Peter.
Like seeing your beautiful trees and learning how to make Bonsai from the small ones. Was also very impressed to learn that you ballroom dance and jive swing. I also love to dance and do line and country dancing as well. Would love to rumba with you sometime. 🙋♀️💃🏼
The Robins in Europe are members of the Chat family of birds. In North America, Robins are members of the Thrush family. Ours can be friendly, too, but yours could almost have his own TH-cam channel.
That wee bird is so precious.
Learned from your videos...
I love also the birds coming near you while your working...
49:53 cheeky Robin in the nursery getting some fruit, so awesome.
That was such an enjoyable video. I learned so much. Thank you. 🌱🌱🌱🌲🌲🌿🌿🌿💚💚💚💚💚
Thank you for yet ANOTHER great video, Peter.
You and your work is truly appreciated.
Ben
During these month of the pandemic; thanks for a few quiet chuckles, re: stories on diving for nursery throwaways. Yes Peter you have more than served us well. And I am more than encouraged by the poker straight black pine "almost obscene" an ugly duckling to a beautiful swan! Keep teaching and reminding us secret Bonsai tips along with life lessons. It doesn't hurt. The entire 50 minutes without your power lenses. Keep the magic coming. Thank you.
And is no solution to a face mask with glasses. I tried it all. Love from Canada's chilly December West Coast.
I enjoy your videos so much. We have large oak trees in the neighborhood and I've sprouted about 15 acorns so far. In a couple years, who knows? I may have more little trees than I know what to do with.
: ) Mitty
What an enjoyable experience. Thank-you.
In nature it is quite common to see trees that have had vines rapped around them and caused the trunks to have that effect of spiraling so I really like the way leaving the wire in looks! People around me often seek these trees out and they cut them and take the bark off and carve them to make walking sticks. 😊
Thank you Mr.Chan for those all beautiful bonsai you make.. its so amazing and stunning.. i always enjoying watching your videos its relaxing for me and i love it👍❤🇵🇭
This man is so Wholesome. I love this man
One cut and wo got an interesting tree, yes, this is why you are a real master 👍
Wow I can’t believe how talented you are those gorgeous trees 🥰🥰
So fascinating! Sometimes it's hard for me to imagine how the smaller trees will look like aged. Do they simply thicken and scale while keeping the shape or do you create the lower half and it'll add height on top? A kind of age-comparison video would be super interesting how tress might look like after 5, 10 or 50 Years 🌱 ❤️
Fascinating. This was one of my favorite lessons. Thank you!
YOU are a visionary plant artist!!
I watched this video two times and gave it some thoughts. In my view, in a way it's perhaps one of the most brilliant episodes in this series "My accessible bonsaï life" of mr. Chan... (I 'm creating this title by myself at this very moment...). After several decades as a bonsaï enthusiast, I really can agree with about every single word he says. An utmost important point: the different styles should not be taken as a goal on their own but as helpfull when talking or discussing bonsaï. So true and yet, sometimes so underestimated... The more "difficult" the tree looks, the more challenging and interesting it is and the more satisfying the result can be. "No rocket science"; "serving my mission in life...": well, as far as I am concerned, you are serving it very, very well!
Cotoneaster horizontalis offers, in my opinion, perhaps the most ideal starting material (along with perhaps Lonicera nitida) because it is almost undestructable, propagates very easily, is very tolerant towards pruning and has small leafs, even nice little flowers and even very colourfull fruits. It's also tolerant towards very harsh conditions and temperatures. Don't be afraid for the original herringbone-like way of growing branches: that stopps the moment you start pruning and modelling. And, of course, it's very cheap or even free (check your garden)... So, great choice! Perhaps a little tip: if possible, put it, from time to time, in your garden, simply somewhere between other plants and with a bit of space, for one season/year (no longer). The trunk will thicken amazingly...
Beware a bit of the boxwood: it's toxic (children or pets, washing hands afterwards).
And again, that robin! It even begins to obey you, obviously ("pick another one")...! Amazing and so funny! Great video, mr. Chan, thank you, once again!
Thank you for your kind feedback - I must be doing something right.
@@peterchan3100 You sure do! Not to mention that very special opening shot, by the way... And, of course, the end results! I really like that larger pine; looks very promising.
Great video Peter. Thank you for showing us what can be done with basic material!
Great job on all the trees. Enjoyed watching you work on them and your feedback and really enjoyed the after when you went back to all of them and there finished look.
This was a very beautiful video in life lessons. The “cheeky “ little Robin at end of video was priceless.
Thank you for making these beautiful videos! I love everything about them 💚
I LOVE watching you work with your plants!! THANK YOU very much for sharing your knowledge. Happy New Year!! WA state, USA
Your comments today are why I religiously watch your TH-cam channel. Specifically, you are a master yet show basic techniques to encourage hobbyists. Along the way beautiful trees are made. That is why your approach is superior to watching supposed masters performing a once in a lifetime technique.
In my youth, I used to hanker after being a Master for the wrong reasons, But once you learn to be humble, it is a great relief as you are not trying to copy anyone else.
I thought the robin at 20:18 was CG at first. They're so bold. I've seen them drop in on many TH-camrs.
The bird is really cool
And very smart.
That gnarled trunk from the wire reminds me of a walking stick my dad made from a maple tree. The tree had been strangled by a vine and the trunk was heavily twisted and gnarled like that. It’s his “wizards staff” we call it. All he had to do was peel the bark off and sand the ends round and rub it with beeswax. So that appearance is something that exists in nature
I have just started watching your posts and am very happy that I have found you. I have been interested in Bonsai for the last 30 years and am enjoying your approach.
Sincerely,
A. Gatto
USA
Thank you for your videos. I just started to get into bonsai. I am an artist looking for ways to create art and this is an awesome medium to create beautiful live art.
Love what you doing with these. Lil trees, They Weill be nice bonsais in the future,
I used to live in a house with a massive Chinese Elm with a swing hanging from it. It was cool. It was messy in the spring because at least two hundred and fifty zillion little seedlings would pop up all over the yard. It never occurred to me to try this. Damn, I wanna go back in time.
i used to live in the country with beech trees on my property, every year i sprayed 100's of beech seedlings in my yard with weed killer, Damn, i wanna go back in time too
Always a pleasure to watch these videos!
You’re so inspiring Sir! The robin loves you!