I love watching you create forests. Bonsai is a recent interest for me, but the few small trees I have worked with so far have proven it to be an incredibly soothing pastime. My goal is to create several forests this spring/early summer including one of mixed species (I know it isn't common because it isnt aesthetically pleasing and various species require different growing conditions, but the forests found in nature here in the US are rarely only one species and I want to mimic the natural setting I grew up in of maple, oak, and beech).
I found your channel a few hours ago but you have gotten me so interested in the art of bonsai and how amazingly beautifal it if you learn patience and take your time. Thankyou for getting me into a hobby/art that last for generations - SBS
You don’t often mention the triangle theory but the vast majority of your trees are triangles, even if they are abstract they are still triangular, meaning the foliage is arranged in a triangular way, so in a forest you are arranging the trees to get an ideal triangular shape. I like this video.
Could you make a video about the different common bonsai styles/forms? So one can get an overview about what kind of shapes are aesthetically pleasing. Maybe even a two part video where in the second you talk a bit about which styles are more suitable for which trees? And a second video where you talk especially about indoor bonsai? I think you are doing a great job! Very helpful videos! And since you are so sympathetic I like to watch your videos to learn about bonsai :) thank you so much
I will try and do that one day - although I dont believe in following " styles". After all - Styles are just a convenient way of categorising bonsai, but worth airing my views on this topic.
I think such groups are very nice, because here the trees, which would not work well individually, but show the beauty of nature as a whole. Nice video Mr. Chan.
Master Chan you are amazing to watch you have such a vast aray of knowledge I just bought 2 of your books I will treasure them thank you so much for all of your videos and your hard work you make it very pleasurable Thank You
Wonderful cedar forest! I'm hoping to harvest a number of saplings from my yard this winter and make a bonsai forest as well. I'm not sure what I've got to choose from quite yet, but hopefully there will be enough straight deciduous trees (acer saccharum, fagus grandifolia, etc.). Another choice, and probably more likely to be straight, are red pines (pinus resinosa). Thanks for sharing! I will definitely use this information creating my own forest!
To me there is something special about bonsai forests. Thank you for these videos, you inspired me to try and make some of my own. I would also love a video about how to take care of them. I wonder how you prune the roots. Thanks. Cheers.
I'm really impressed with all your videos. Make me back to my hobby in 1990 while I'm in junior high school. I decided to start by collecting materials in the wild in Dec last year. Tq for all you share Sir
Here in the midwest USA our forests are mixed species. I would love to see you make a mixed forest. The color differences especially in fall would be amazing.
@@peterchan3100 because bonsai is minimalistic art? But maybe, for example, light forest with pine trees in upper level and some mini-leaves rhododendron in low level?
I love your videos. I have been wanting to do a forest bonsai like these, but I am not sure what trees would be the best for me, and easy to get my hands on here in North Carolina USA.
I visited you today for the first time, you have an amazing premises. Are we allowed to go to the field to see material there? Or is it a private area? Cheers.
You should have asked to see our growing fields - I was around yesterday but was cooking lunch for my family - grandchildren visiting! I would have liked to see you. Next time please ask for me.
@@peterchan3100 I did see you - we briefly talked about the Lebanese cedar and I bought a small black pine. I think I'll be coming again in the spring or possibly early summer, maybe I'll see you then?
@Peter Chan Earlier you said you wire the trees to the pot cause the birds around tend to pick out the trees, but these must be to big for the birds to mess with..😉 So here, is it just an old habbit or is it another reason with the big trees? If i may ask?😃
Hello Master Peter am Elias from Lebanon , I used to grow ( Cedar of Lebanon ) , (cedrus lebani) and they call it also Cedar of God. Seeds from the same cone will get long needles and some short needles , will try to attach a photo of them. I am pretty sure that the one you work are cedrus libani thanks for sharing
@@peterchan3100 Thank You Master Chan for your valuable information and thx for all the videos you shared with us looking forward to visit Herons nursery
Hello, could you please link the pot used for this forest. Im looking at buying your juniper bundle to make a forest (as I'm a beginner) and would love this oval or a similar round pot. Hopefully, I'll feel more confident in purchasing an established bonsai in the future from yourselves! Your videos are marvellous since 9am I've been watching them, it's now nearly 1pm in the afternoon. Thank you for making isolation interesting and educational.
At the very beginning of the video you had mentioned that you were not to sure of the species of your cedar forest display. You mentioned it could be cedar of lebanon , but I couldn`t hear your next suggestion.
oh my gosh, incredibly beautiful, too bad i live too far away, if i lived nearby i would go work there for free just to be able to see them up close...sigh...
Peter, i think some rules are meant to be broken, some just don't make it to the Show's. They're perfectly beautiful in a setting of a backyard patio. 🦜🐦🦉🦜🦜
Hi, i just recently bought a false cypress and I don’t know how to shape it, I have begun cutting and I am afraid I have cut to much. Can you make a video on false cypress chamqecyparis law. Ellwoodii? Because this is really an impossible tree to make a bonsai out of.
Nice job. Enjoyed your nursery walk and selection. Very good. Your assistant might need a little clip around the ears. Dropping his soil litter on the floor only makes a bigger mess - as it gets walked over adjacent surfaces and messes up the soles of your shoes. etc... but he is very talented all the same. So probably wire up the thumb and forefinger of his right hand for half a day instead....Regards Craig
Yes indeed - I have explained in earlier videos that I was born and brought up in India - and had all my education there including IIT - Kharagpur graduating in '62. Look up my cv in the Herons website. Where are you from?
peter chan Wonderful! I shall have to watch that video. I am a Rajput ethnically but was brought up in the UK and US. My grandfather went to Doon and I admire the educated Indian accent! Hoping to amalgamate aspects of Japanese and Mughal gardening for my ancestral haveli in Gujarat. I shall let you know how it’s developing as it might interest you!
I'd like to ask for advice. My mam gave me red horse-chestnut. it's exactly this: photos.app.goo.gl/h4TCSc1gmRiCHjJ7A I cuted all leaves, about 2-3 month ago, cause they had same brown discoloration. What can I do, to keep this tree small? Not toller then 170 cm. Should I put it in smaller pot? Cut only the top, and later cut branchs? Or better cut it on 2nd shown level, or 3rd? Best regards from Poland.
GLOBAL WARMING IS THE BIGGEST LIE EVER PERPETRATED IN THE HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH. AL GORE IS A SATAN WORSHIPING LIAR. IT'S ALL POLITICS AND IT IS THEFT OF MONEY.
Interesting that your climate is doing unusual things over there too. Climate change is having an impact right around the globe. You've all no doubt seen what it's been like over here in Australia.
That is the most wonderful thing I’ve found on TH-cam this year 🌲
I never tire of watching your group plantings. The forests interest me the most.
I love watching you create forests. Bonsai is a recent interest for me, but the few small trees I have worked with so far have proven it to be an incredibly soothing pastime. My goal is to create several forests this spring/early summer including one of mixed species (I know it isn't common because it isnt aesthetically pleasing and various species require different growing conditions, but the forests found in nature here in the US are rarely only one species and I want to mimic the natural setting I grew up in of maple, oak, and beech).
I found your channel a few hours ago but you have gotten me so interested in the art of bonsai and how amazingly beautifal it if you learn patience and take your time. Thankyou for getting me into a hobby/art that last for generations
- SBS
You have no idea how helpful your videos are!! You are a great teacher! As soon as this pandemic is over I’ll be Lining up for your class.
I quite like the forest group in the drum pot. Makes a nice change
I agree. Looks quite right to me. I'm a rule breaker by heart anyhow!
Yes Sunday morning breakfast with Peter part 2 👍
This was amazing. Very informative and inspiring. Thank you!
This forest group is so peaceful.
You don’t often mention the triangle theory but the vast majority of your trees are triangles, even if they are abstract they are still triangular, meaning the foliage is arranged in a triangular way, so in a forest you are arranging the trees to get an ideal triangular shape. I like this video.
Could you make a video about the different common bonsai styles/forms? So one can get an overview about what kind of shapes are aesthetically pleasing. Maybe even a two part video where in the second you talk a bit about which styles are more suitable for which trees?
And a second video where you talk especially about indoor bonsai?
I think you are doing a great job! Very helpful videos! And since you are so sympathetic I like to watch your videos to learn about bonsai :) thank you so much
I will try and do that one day - although I dont believe in following " styles". After all - Styles are just a convenient way of categorising bonsai, but worth airing my views on this topic.
Love the forest in a drum pot!!!
Thanks Mary - you are very kind.
I think such groups are very nice, because here the trees, which would not work well individually, but show the beauty of nature as a whole. Nice video Mr. Chan.
Master Chan you are amazing to watch you have such a vast aray of knowledge I just bought 2 of your books I will treasure them thank you so much for all of your videos and your hard work you make it very pleasurable Thank You
Nice Group, Peter. Loving these trees. Just perfect for bonsai.
Wonderful cedar forest! I'm hoping to harvest a number of saplings from my yard this winter and make a bonsai forest as well. I'm not sure what I've got to choose from quite yet, but hopefully there will be enough straight deciduous trees (acer saccharum, fagus grandifolia, etc.). Another choice, and probably more likely to be straight, are red pines (pinus resinosa).
Thanks for sharing! I will definitely use this information creating my own forest!
To me there is something special about bonsai forests. Thank you for these videos, you inspired me to try and make some of my own.
I would also love a video about how to take care of them. I wonder how you prune the roots.
Thanks. Cheers.
I'm really impressed with all your videos. Make me back to my hobby in 1990 while I'm in junior high school. I decided to start by collecting materials in the wild in Dec last year. Tq for all you share Sir
Herons Nursery is on my ”Bucket list”. 😄
Lakeyard, been twice (you must go) and hopefully will be selected for the Bonsai fest in June🤞
well worth it
Lakeyard saaaame haha
I visited today, deffo worth it.
You never cease to amaze me Peter. Thank you, beautiful
Love your videos Peter! Thanks for sharing :)
Nice info about the apex shape and wiring.
I love bonsai forests! Please show more of them! My biggest problem is to find pots for them. Thank you for the video!🌹
We sell large pots- but can only ship to UK and EU
Another fantastic video. I’m off to plant a beech forest this afternoon (from a pot of hedge saplings). I need some some Cedar saplings now!
Awesome video :) thanks Peter !
Such a wonderful video as always. I would like to try one with white pines.
beutiful work Peter.
Master, your videos are true treasures. Thank you so much.
Beautiful
Good job .i like this videos
Another great video. Thank You
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awesome job. thank you
I need to do this, looks great.
3:34 They still grow at the rate of "nuts". Ha ha. Love it Peter
"Knots" not "Nuts" - Sorry if you heard wrong.
Lank and thin trees are also good as Bunjin or literati style too.
Art of synergy in action two people working on the same project :)))
Here in the midwest USA our forests are mixed species. I would love to see you make a mixed forest. The color differences especially in fall would be amazing.
I might try this one day but from past experience it somehow does not work.
@@peterchan3100, it's interesting! What's the reason, difficulty to do, or...?
@@akimdrev Mixed species in a bonsai forest just dont look right.
@@peterchan3100 because bonsai is minimalistic art? But maybe, for example, light forest with pine trees in upper level and some mini-leaves rhododendron in low level?
That one turned out so nicely!
Hi Peter
In this video you mention cedars airlayer very well. Is that for all Cedrus species including cultivars?
YES
Thank you 👍
I love your videos. I have been wanting to do a forest bonsai like these, but I am not sure what trees would be the best for me, and easy to get my hands on here in North Carolina USA.
I visited you today for the first time, you have an amazing premises. Are we allowed to go to the field to see material there? Or is it a private area? Cheers.
You should have asked to see our growing fields - I was around yesterday but was cooking lunch for my family - grandchildren visiting! I would have liked to see you. Next time please ask for me.
@@peterchan3100 I did see you - we briefly talked about the Lebanese cedar and I bought a small black pine. I think I'll be coming again in the spring or possibly early summer, maybe I'll see you then?
Those forests look amazing. Do you also sell tree material of cedar brevifolia? They are not easy to find in uk
@Peter Chan
Earlier you said you wire the trees to the pot cause the birds around tend to pick out the trees, but these must be to big for the birds to mess with..😉
So here, is it just an old habbit or is it another reason with the big trees?
If i may ask?😃
You heard wrong - the birds peck out the moss. But the wire is to keep the trees in position and to prevent them for being accidentally pulled out.
Hello Master Peter am Elias from Lebanon , I used to grow ( Cedar of Lebanon ) , (cedrus lebani) and they call it also Cedar of God. Seeds from the same cone will get long needles and some short needles , will try to attach a photo of them. I am pretty sure that the one you work are cedrus libani thanks for sharing
You are quite right. Sowing from seed does not guarantee identical clones - that is why grafting is done to get exact clone.
@@peterchan3100 Thank You Master Chan for your valuable information and thx for all the videos you shared with us looking forward to visit Herons nursery
I think i found my new favorite specie of cedar.
How do you maintain the smaller size? Like what keeps them from getting too big in the event I wanted this in my house?
Hello, could you please link the pot used for this forest. Im looking at buying your juniper bundle to make a forest (as I'm a beginner) and would love this oval or a similar round pot. Hopefully, I'll feel more confident in purchasing an established bonsai in the future from yourselves! Your videos are marvellous since 9am I've been watching them, it's now nearly 1pm in the afternoon. Thank you for making isolation interesting and educational.
Helpful reminder to renew my RHS membership.
Are you planning on doing anything at the new RHS garden in Manchester?
A bit too far for me I am afraid.
At the very beginning of the video you had mentioned that you were not to sure of the species of your cedar forest display. You mentioned it could be cedar of lebanon , but I couldn`t hear your next suggestion.
oh my gosh, incredibly beautiful, too bad i live too far away, if i lived nearby i would go work there for free just to be able to see them up close...sigh...
Actually, I think the wiring itself adds to the beauty when first creating a Bonsai.
Peter, i think some rules are meant to be broken, some just don't make it to the Show's. They're perfectly beautiful in a setting of a backyard patio. 🦜🐦🦉🦜🦜
Very nice, sir. Would placing a stone ,perhaps pyramid in shape, in the center of the grouping , be an acceptable thing to do?
Yes you can. So long as it adds to the artistic composition
@@peterchan3100 Thank you.
Thank you for lessons! Does the pot material is concrete? I'm interesting about influence of this on bonsai growth
No - these are called Mica pots - not concrete
Bonjour en français quelle est le non de c est pin ????👍🙏🇫🇷 merci pour faire un lettrée sa devrait le faire ???
I've been looking for these ceders trees here in England, wow so expensive even for small potted ones at the local garden centre
I doubt I could find these here in Canada. How much were they where you are?
If I was to do this with silver birch trees what compost mix would you recommend peter 🌲🌳🌲
Just use peat, bark as the base compost (80%) and some Akadama and grit say20%
@@peterchan3100 thank you peter you a true gentleman...
please confirm that we can do air layering to cedars thank you
Yes - very easy.
Hi, i just recently bought a false cypress and I don’t know how to shape it, I have begun cutting and I am afraid I have cut to much. Can you make a video on false cypress chamqecyparis law. Ellwoodii? Because this is really an impossible tree to make a bonsai out of.
Very difficult to use this species for bonsai but possible
Where do you get those pots?
We sell these pots - look at our website under Mica Pots
What to feed Ficus bonsai to grow faster?
any plant fertilizer will do.
Nice job. Enjoyed your nursery walk and selection. Very good. Your assistant might need a little clip around the ears. Dropping his soil litter on the floor only makes a bigger mess - as it gets walked over adjacent surfaces and messes up the soles of your shoes. etc... but he is very talented all the same. So probably wire up the thumb and forefinger of his right hand for half a day instead....Regards Craig
You should see the mess I make!!
Can anyone recommend a good pesticide for bonsai trees (Chinese Elm) available in UK?
@@CS88754 I see. Is there still one that's at least okay for aphids and the like?
Do you have Cedar of Lebanon bonsai for sale? I don’t have a garden big enough, or a lifetime long enough for a mature Cedar of Lebanon....
I still have about 20 of them left but mainly 3-5 ft tall.
I shall come and look soon
so upset, flew from Australia to England twice before I found this channel :(
Don't feel too sad. You still have bonsai World in NSW. Apparently they've 60k trees for sale!
What was the type of cedar? Want to buy some seeds
This is Cedar pf Lebanon or could also be Cedrus brevifolia?
what is the name of this species?
really sad that the website doesnt ship tk the us 😭
Sir did you spend time in India at all? Picking up an accent:)
Yes indeed - I have explained in earlier videos that I was born and brought up in India - and had all my education there including IIT - Kharagpur graduating in '62. Look up my cv in the Herons website. Where are you from?
peter chan Wonderful! I shall have to watch that video. I am a Rajput ethnically but was brought up in the UK and US. My grandfather went to Doon and I admire the educated Indian accent! Hoping to amalgamate aspects of Japanese and Mughal gardening for my ancestral haveli in Gujarat. I shall let you know how it’s developing as it might interest you!
I wonder, did you ever have birds nesting in the ‘forests’?
We often get birds nesting in the bonsai that are growing in our field.
I'd like to ask for advice. My mam gave me red horse-chestnut. it's exactly this:
photos.app.goo.gl/h4TCSc1gmRiCHjJ7A
I cuted all leaves, about 2-3 month ago, cause they had same brown discoloration.
What can I do, to keep this tree small? Not toller then 170 cm.
Should I put it in smaller pot?
Cut only the top, and later cut branchs? Or better cut it on 2nd shown level, or 3rd?
Best regards from Poland.
BTW
I've never had any expirienvce with bonsai.
🐰
Hmmm.... It looks very elementary level, the way you Prune your trees, well..??
Bonsai ..
Maybe invite bonsai artists to help you finish all of your field grown material. You have so much...
We keep producing lots of this material. They are for the future - no rush to get rid of them all.
@@peterchan3100 But wouldn't you like to see more of them as bonsai before you go to the Big Bonsai Pot in the sky???
like
GLOBAL WARMING IS THE BIGGEST LIE EVER PERPETRATED IN THE HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH. AL GORE IS A SATAN WORSHIPING LIAR. IT'S ALL POLITICS AND IT IS THEFT OF MONEY.
Life values are taught aside from bonsais
Interesting that your climate is doing unusual things over there too. Climate change is having an impact right around the globe. You've all no doubt seen what it's been like over here in Australia.
I hope you are not affected by the fires! I am really sorry this is happening to you guys.
We’re fine where we live. Thanks. It’s been very hot and dry though. My bonsai need a lot of care in this weather.
had to stop watching due to terrible wind noise!