A Bench Tour at Connors, Part 1 of 4, The Bonsai Zone, Aug 2023

I'm off to Connor's home for the annual bonsai bench tour!
A fascinating multi part series with insights on trees in all stages of development. Connor discusses the techniques and goals for them.
To see previous videos with Connor and his trees, click on the playlist here...
• Bonsai with Connor
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[@mikec3820]

always great to see connors collection every summer. thanks you guys!

[@MrJcalvino]

Connor needs a channel to show his trees and his philosophie when it comes to bonsai.

[@19Moeller]

Agreed! Would really like that

[@jballenger9240]

Thanks Conner and Nigel!!! The tour was wonderful and it kept me smiling until the end! I do miss the pool though. It seems your trees have more than tolerated and survived their move and aren’t making too much of a fuss. Look forward, Connor, to your winter update and how you are overwintering all your trees, keeping them watered and alive, and new bonsai technologies, hacks and innovations, tour. 🌿🌿🌿 Johnye

[@skrounst]

YES! I was gonna ask the other day during a premier when Connor's next bench tour was. I think about Connor's barberry tree (the one that looks like an old apple tree) more than a healthy person should think about any tree lmao. Good to see you guys nerding out together.

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

One super cool tour! Connor is a true bonsai master. Great to see two Bonsai Masters together going over the trees.

[@bonsaibythesea]

Coffee and a good tour thanks for the view 😮

[@rootgarden7866]

What a paradise ❤😊!! That was a really amazing tour with you, Connor and Nigel!

[@mattbrennan647]

Thanks Connor and Nigel. Awesome tour and collection. My bench envy deepens. Thanks, keep growing

[@aaronleslie1581]

It’s been a while since I’ve been on here… and I just happened to stumble upon this… getting the popcorn out!!!!!

[@palatina6626]

I love that you take your time and don't rush through this garden. This is pure joy to watch.

[@dabblingwithbonsai]

💚💚💚 Wowee! Always fun visiting Connors place! Yip yip Appa 🧡

[@baldyeti]

Only gonna be 4 parts this year, eh? Diggin the new back yard, no pool to get in the way of the trees 😉 Always a pleasure gettin updated on Connor’s projects.

[@thenaturecreater8906]

Yes ! Been waiting for this one!

[@patsfreund9164]

Wow! What a collection. Looking forward to parts 2,3 and 4. The plant that was referred to as a "Pitcher plant" is a Bromeliad. Pineapples are in that family of plants, I believe.

[@peacecosmonaut176]

yes!

[@t3dwards13]

Such awesome projects Connor!!!

[@puchokillit2036]

A Natal Plum that is old and established like that one can be totally defoliated, and even cut back to old wood and it WILL bud back on old wood. I have one I've been growing for the last 15 years from cutting and have done this several times through it's life. It's necessary to keep the plant compact!

[@connor4069]

Thanks for the info! that makes me feel better about the impending chop

[@patrickfo967]

Hi Nigel an Connor the first tree is an European dogwood not Korean it’s one of the first trees which are in flower in early spring here in Germany. I love the annual benchtours at Connor‘s!😊

[@Tybold63]

That red leaved Oxalis "clover" might be something to keep in check. Some of these species are quite good at dispersing seeds far aways and everywhere. They look nice but seen some gardens where they pop up just over the place 😁 About ficus religiosa vs rumphii found this feature description on the web. : "Ficus religiosa has a narrow and long leaf tip while Ficus rumphii has a pointed but short leaf tip" but I am not the expert.. Very nice tour, enjoyed it very much and envy Connor's watering system.

[@gayefanner731]

Great tour as always. I’m amazed he isn’t completely over-run by that Oxalis?! 🤷🏼‍♀️ maybe that’s why he moved?! ✌️

[@connor4069]

this is a commercial variety that doesn't produce seeds :)

[@gayefanner731]

Thanx Connor, that’s good to know it IS a sweetie.God bless you🙏✝️

[@Tybold63]

@@connor4069 OK good to hear

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

Those "pitcher plants" are actually Bromeliad. I'm watching out of order because I caught a premier! Connor sure does some nifty things with his trees. The Mall ficus, oh my goodness!

[@hagakuretv]

Yyyyyyyyeah cool new house

[@RyanFish825]

Glad this is an annual event! Hi Connor! Thanks to both of you!!

[@RyanFish825]

🎉 so awesome to see that mall ficus doing so well! Great job Connor, what a neat project!

[@LetsDoBonsai]

Got to love a Connor garden tour - how he remembers everything is beyond me!! Wonderful as always Nigel thank you!!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Love these bonsai tours. Look forward to the follow on episodes. 🙏

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Jason!!!

[@samyograi294]

👌 WOW WHAT a creativity 👏 From Nepal 🇳🇵 New creation Rai Santosh

[@luigiluigi2098]

Connor is such a nice guy too, does he have a channel on KZbin he should. Can't wait to watch rest

[@pennyduncan5980]

Awesome! An update on the rescued Mall Fiscus 🌳

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌👌

[@patricesheehan511]

Peter Chan does a lot of experimenting with his trees

[@carlossoares712]

Nice trees :D

[@jlng0rbe209]

Crassula ovata 'Crosby's Compact' (Dwarf Jade Plant)... :)

[@t3dwards13]

Nice! My automatic watering system saved my trees during my recent cross-country road trip! I need to expand it actually. It'd be interesting to know how he keeps them from clogging though. (the heads)

[@legoking97]

hey nigel! if i recall correctly, that accent plant features at 7:02 is a pilea depressa, or some sort of variant! i have the same plant in a bunch of my terrariums

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Have you or Connor tried Feather Stone? Easy drill under water to make a nice pot or root over rock. Very porous. Under water drilling, because the dust is like fine glass since this is a pumice stone. Entirely different from Lava rock. Hard to find for me. I treat it like gold when I get one.

[@darynsingh7746]

Hi, thanks for the tour! please can you elaborate more on the tourniquet method for cuttings, been trying to find some info out there with no luck. Thanks

[@Aftek]

2:18 squirrel alert ! lol

[@Moicc]

Did u not noticed the squirrel on the blue shed roof at 2:23

[@murray821]

Did connor move? Or is the pool filled up. Oh and connor should keep an eye on that red clover, that grows everywhere here, they get seed pods that spring open and before you know it, its everywhere. They are pretty though

[@dk2614]

LoL, I missed it!

[@pedantic_bonsai]

how often do you move lol

[@justlucky13]

Foist

[@jaguardelcielo]

Nice! Too quick!!!!

[@bhargavtank3784]

Ficus rumphii and ficus religiosa are 2 different species but common people mixes them n creates confusion these are the people with less knowledge n vision who cant differenciat 2. Religiosa is a tree with long leaf tail n shiney lesves the tree is auspicious n holy for hindus n budhdhists. Rumphii has no long leaf tail n leaves are non shiney.