How to Make Bonsai from Potentilla🌼*EASY*

In this Bonsai video I show you how to Easily Create a Bonsai Tree from Potentilla! Potentilla have loads of desireable traits for Bonsai like their small delicate leaves, abundant flowering, flaky bark and their ability to quickly develop a compact and graceful form.
I explain, step by step, how to work with raw material sourced from a garden center to create a beautiful Potentilla Bonsai. From selecting the optimal front for your Bonsai to identifying and addressing problematic or unnecessary branches. You will also learn wiring techniques following the two-branch principle, effective methods for dealing with aphids, and shaping techniques to create a stunning starting tree that will soon flourish into a magnificent Bonsai!
The Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants in the Rose family (Rosaceae), commonly known as Cinquefoils or Potentillas. It is a diverse group of herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and subshrubs that are widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere - including North America, Europe, Asia, and even in high-altitude regions such as the Himalayas. Depending on the variety, the flowers can be yellow, white, red, pink or orange!
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TIMECODES:
00:00 - Intro.
00:19 - The Raw Material.
01:30 - The Tools Used.
02:56 - Deciding on a Front.
05:10 - Pruning Unnessessary Branches.
07:19 - How To Wire A Potentilla Bonsai (The Two Branch Principle)
11:57 - How To Deal With Aphids.
12:49 - Pruning and Shaping Potentilla.
16:48 - Revealing More of the Trunk.
18:02 - Removing a Problem Branches.
21:33 - How To Bend a Branch (Distributing Energy Accross The Branch)
22:34 - Doing a Profile Cut (Triangular Bonsai Shape)
23:00 - Watering/Beauty Shots.
23:55 - BONUS! How to Propagate Potentilla from Cuttings!
24:51 - Outro.
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[@tasanastasi7799]

Bravo ! .. and i agree, Less is More

[@annepahler8726]

Very interesting tutorial. I feel I might dare to give it a try starting 'bonsaiing' potentilla. Thank you.

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Great to see you getting into the Potentilla. Just the sort of stuff we can find in nurseries now. Cheers

[@davidmoody8358]

Thank you for taking the time to produce your videos. I dont have years left to bonsai trees, however, I am going out to buy a potentially and get started..

[@ArkansasBikernet]

Great video Adam...I will try this kind of tree. You did a great job on both trees. Keep the videos coming. Your videos are just well explained, well done and high quality. KUDO's to you.

[@notionbonsai]

Hey thanks Wally! There will be lots more videos to come!

[@user-ro7cj4lh6x]

Always a good video. Keeping it simple and straightforward enables all to understand. Keep up the great work!

[@notionbonsai]

Hey thanks Thomas!

[@boxCatalogue]

I've always loved perennial potentillas since I first saw them. And that entire time I've been wondering "can this be used for bonsai?". When I was in California I saw a really beautiful potentilla in the garden of Peter Tea, who did an apprenticeship at Aichi-en, so I'm now convinced that there's more work to be done to explore this species. Keep experimenting!

[@notionbonsai]

Hey Pedro! Aw nice one man! I really love this species for Bonsai

[@Tinoshke07]

@@notionbonsai I agree with Adam, they're one of my favourite species to make bonsai of (another is Cotoneaster )

[@oliveambros9887]

Well done Easy to follow . Hopefully I can do the same closely Great help for bonsai making newbie like me Thanks a lot

[@notionbonsai]

Hey thanks oliveambros 🪴😊 The potentilla is a great species if you are getting started!

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Another top quality video Adam. 🙏

[@notionbonsai]

Thanks Jason! Do you have any Potentillas? 😀

[@mikec3820]

i still use my old bent fork too. its great for smaller shohin and mame size tree roots. almost bought one of these ptnetntillia the other day. i got a small leaf azalea rhododendron hybrid instead tho. they had better triunk bases. only 10$ us for 2 trees. gotta love the sale racks lol. thanks notion bonsai. always great content

[@notionbonsai]

Nice!! The bent fork is a useful one for sure!! Oh wow nice you definitely got a bargin!

[@elainekeyworth9773]

Love watching ur channel very clear instructions thanku

[@notionbonsai]

Awe thanks! 🤗

[@risqiardana]

Trimakasih sudah berbagi ilmu dalam membuat bonsai

[@notionbonsai]

Terima kasih telah mendukung saluran saya dan menonton video saya. Damai untukmu!

[@MartinBBB]

Great video, Adam. I really appreciate the way you describe in detail why and how you arrive at each decsion you make.

[@notionbonsai]

Hey Martin! Thank you very much! I try to explain everything so that beginners to Bonsai can easily learn!

[@VictorianGoldHuntersAU]

Well done. Great job 👍👍

[@notionbonsai]

Thanks very much Tony!!

[@davidstokes925]

What an amazing job on both of them!

[@notionbonsai]

Thanks very much David!

[@Michael-yt3wz]

Another great video! Thank you for the post. Always good info and entertaining.

[@notionbonsai]

Thanks Michael!

[@tacobonsai]

Really nice trees after those huge transformations. Great video as always

[@notionbonsai]

Hey Taco!!! Thanks very much 😊🌮

[@lamperanksunamoon1363]

Hello Adam, great video! I would like to ask you, if you are planing to do sort of "tour" video, where you possibly show all of your trees at the moment? Or at least the most interest ones? I like your style and i would like to see more of your trees. Thank you and wish you all the best!

[@notionbonsai]

Hey Lamper! I may do this for a future video!! 😊

[@Tinoshke07]

Nice video ! I have 2 Potentillas, just bought this Spring, I did the first styling already and now I let them grow out (I pruned them back quite hard during the first styling). Both have made a lot of back buds and the canopy is looking green so I think they're in good health, I hope they stay that way 🤞

[@notionbonsai]

Thank you Tinoshke07! Ahh very nice! They back bud so easily. You can get good ramification on them in a short space of time!

[@lalprimithran9079]

Ive been watching your videos over the month and have enjoyed them and also learnt alot. Carry on Adam - for a young man your enthusiasm is infectious !👍

[@notionbonsai]

Thank you so much for your support Lalpri Mithran 😀

[@mikeswain9085]

Adam, you must have been reading my posts on Bonsai UK. I had been asking about Potentilla as bonsai and received some great photos, what beautifully aged trunks these trees produce and in such a relatively short time too. Abbotswood is a particularly good variety as a starting point.

[@notionbonsai]

Hey Mike! Ohh nice one!! I'm glad that this video was just in time! I just love the bark and flowers on them!

[@Sagalaaya14]

hello friends, I hope you will be more successful and healthy, always greetings from one hobby from Indonesia 🇲🇨

[@notionbonsai]

Thank you! I wish you lots of success with Bonsai also!!

[@elcazadordebonsais9867]

Que bueno

[@notionbonsai]

Gracias!

[@deus5185]

[@notionbonsai]

😁❤

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌👌

[@notionbonsai]

😊🌲

[@johnstarkey4959]

I have a sick potentilla bonsai, I think it’s struggling due to last years heat , a single flower this year and now it seems to be going down hill, I’m going ti give it a weak feed of liquid seaweed.

[@notionbonsai]

Aw nooo! Sorry to hear this John! I hope you can rescue it!

[@zactranten3235]

Can you PLEASE make videos on how to grow from seeds?

[@notionbonsai]

Hey!! I have one on how to grow Maple Bonsai from seeds 😀

[@kimrichardson8376]

Hi Adam, I was wondering, when you made those polymer clay pots did you seal them before using them? Kim🍁🇨🇦

[@notionbonsai]

Hey Kim! There is no need to seal them as after they are cooked in the oven they become waterproof! 🤗

[@kimrichardson8376]

Awesome thanks you! Your so great at getting bad to me. I have another question for you. I bought my third cotoneaster because I killed the first two. I have no idea what I did wrong but it dropped all its leaves and died. Any suggestions on caring for this plant? Kim🍁🇨🇦

[@annronayne6173]

What time of year is best for this type of work with the potentilla, please?

[@notionbonsai]

The best time to prune I have found is during the summer. It's important to make sure that the tree is healthy before chopping at it though! Hope this helps!

[@FilomenaDapaz]

how often to u water them??

[@notionbonsai]

Hey! Its best to not let the soil fully dry out 🙂

[@islamialo]

Please make a mango or avocado tree bonsai. Please brother. Love from Bangladesh

[@notionbonsai]

I may do this in the future! Thanks for the suggestion 🤗 Hi from Ireland ☘

[@islamialo]

@@notionbonsai oh brother. You are good and your hair just awesome....

[@notionbonsai]

@@islamialo Thanks for the kind words!

[@marcobonsaiofficial5648]

Sorry, just giving advice to you, try to see Indonesian bonsai content and try to apply it😊