How To Make Willow Bonsai

In this video I show you how easy it is to take a willow cutting and encourage new roots to grow in water.
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[@malakingdude]

"You save everything". I hear that from my wife whenever she looks in the garage or basement. My response: "Nothing is ever wasted". Thank you for the affirmations!

[@WhatIsMisophonia]

The question is, are you using, or hording?

[@peterchan3100]

@@WhatIsMisophonia - I hoard to give away.

[@malakingdude]

@@peterchan3100 lol.

[@jimbersmcimbers]

Love the way you tossed that broomstick aside lol

[@alexhorn5577]

thats dead this willows alive! sack that off Lurvy jubbly!!! More people should know about Peter Chan the Bonsai Man!!!! :)

[@janna4017]

In German slang language we would call you ''Ehrenmann". It's like an "honorable man". Your videos are super informative and helpful. I just found my passion for plants especially bonsai trees. Of course there were many questions in my head, but you answered most of them. The best thing about you: You still live in symbiosis with nature. Everyone can buy a tree and make a bonsai but not everyone can share the knowledge of making a recycled bonsai from nature. Thank you so much! I love watching your videos, it's so relaxing. Greetings from Germany!

[@peterchan3100]

Danke - for your kind comment.

[@marcolugani5148]

You have inspired me so much Mister that i have started growing bonsai and crops i will do this Willow thing right away! Thanks you so much for sharing all theese secrets!

[@mariac5942]

Bravo! Anch'io mi sto appassionando

[@samarthd9948]

"If you stick a broomstick on the ground it'll become a bonsai"😂 -Heron's bonsai

[@MF-fc5vk]

Would have liked to have seen a fully developed willow bonsai tree too. Thankyou 😊

[@peterchan3100]

Refer to my first book page 92

[@lisamurphy5770]

You are just a wonderful man! I adore you and your knowledge that you share. Thank you 🥰

[@dannyboii9117]

Been binge watching your videos d:🌿🌱🌲🌳💚. Very relaxing and fun to learn along aswell. I appreciate that you take the time to make these videos. Thank you for explaining everything so clearly and showing us all of the possibilities for each tree :D.

[@riverrowanphoenix1876]

It is absolutely amazing to me how willow will root so readily from even extremely large cuttings! I would love to also see how you shape willows for bonsai! Particularly weeping willows, if that's even possible. They are my favorite types of trees to look at, and I would love to learn how to produce my own willow bonsai!

[@patriciaparkhill6972]

Thank You... I think we are kindred spirits .. .I can feel in my heart the pleasure you get from the plants and I am so happy you are sharing that pleasure and knowledge with us.... I've learned so much from you... Thank You Peter Chan

[@xXJumboSauceXx]

I absolutely love weeping willow trees and bonsai so seeing this will really help my journey into growing one, definitely gonna start with a weeping willow.

[@lizlapre1512]

Several weeks ago, I cut down a variegated chinese privet and stuck all of the branches in soil with root tone and they are sprouting! I am keeping the original trunk for a bonsai and there you are doing exactly what I did! Two great minds!

[@mmjnice97]

I love how he does like little intro's old-timer's are so Cute especially when they do bonsai 💯

[@MidniteSan]

Put One upside Down Peter..it'll be unique. Thx for sharing and can't wait for the next one.

[@juliepdem5275]

🥰🥰🤣🤣

[@furansuonedaboy6146]

Wow, such a coincidence. Just found a black branch willow along with a bunch of interesting hybrid seedlings (lots of tortuosa hybrids too, collecting a few that don't have the tendency to have some serious branch dieback and better structure or color). Found them at an abandoned part of a garden center that's now being restored, they had sown themselves there, been there unchecked for five years, so lots of good potential for bonsais 😁

[@barneyrubble5633]

Looking forward to visiting your nursery when we are back to “normal”. Till then stay safe

[@zaidibhai3885]

God bless you Sir 🌹 live long and healthy you are much more precious and important useful person for nature lover

[@katiecanine4548]

Haha, so you truly can make a bonsai out of a broom stick! 😂 Would be interesting to know which trees can grow roots in water as such large cuttings. Awesome!

[@mandowarrior123]

Willow species. You can make a tea with regular willow leaves to make other plants root from cuttings ;) Best bet is to use it to grow roots on a branch before cutting it.

[@noumine]

Fantastic segment as usual! Thank you for continually imparting your knowledge and expertise freely and happily :D

[@jfarrell50]

Amazing! You always have so much of interest to share, and I thank you for it.

[@nubiansoaps]

You're amazing!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and making these videos.

[@alexf.gilljam3002]

I love Mr. Chan's enthusiasm for willows, though goat willow (Salix caprea) is rather different from its relatives in that it's notoriously difficult to propagate by cuttings. It'll be interesting to see if any of these actually strike!

[@nj4jd]

This guy rules. The world can cut you down, but it doesn't mean you're done. I wish I had a bonsai pond.

[@someting9205]

Love those illow bonsai with thick trunk, really brings up the illusion of size. The bonsai in the background are gorgeous as well. I took a stickling from a tree some days ago. Hopefully it will root and sprout pretty soon i hope. Thanks as allways for showing your great work.

[@PossumPityParty]

Very cool. I have willow free growing in the marsh at my house. I have more willow than i know what to do with,b so am researching bonsai. Make use of the situation. Plus i really love bonsai willows Thank you from Texas!

[@nathanaelsmith3553]

As an aquarium keeper I find it interesting to learn how Willow produces roots in water like some aquatic plants

[@dannyboii9117]

A lot of plants can be rooted in water or even soil when cuttings are taken but this is way more interesting than my usual propagating lol 😅.

[@IlkkaVuoristo]

Willows favour a moist soil. They like to grow on the edges of rivers and lakes, and as long as the water is moving they will grow roots out to the water. In an aquarium willow might even grow as an aquatic, because the water is well aerated.

[@nathanaelsmith3553]

@@IlkkaVuoristo interesting - I'll see if I can give it a go... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKXVmoubj8d8abM

[@Wedge53]

Do you have a willow which is further along in it's development to show us? Thank you again for all you do for our community.

[@dialchemy]

Peter showed us that at 4:09

[@Wedge53]

@@dialchemy I was referring to a willow tree once it had been bonsai'd. Is that a word?

[@tayh3645]

That's just a rooted cutting. I believe OP was looking to see one that had gone to the later ramification stages... but to answer shortly; it doesn't really work well. Willows are insanely easy to propagate (they produce natural rooting hormones) but in container culture they ditch their limbs like mad. The finer branches so frequently die back to larger branches so building ramification is difficult to say the least. Just by the time you get to a nice level of ramification, the branch dies and you have to start over. Fortunately though willows will continue to grow from spring to fall, so with about 2-3 cuts throughout the growing season you can at least build up some ramification temporarily. You just wouldn't typically wire it, just keep it as a cut and grow bonsai.

[@peterchan3100]

Look at my first book "Bonsai - the art of growing and keeping miniature trees" page 92. I created that Willow bonsai in just five years from a nursery tree back in 1980.

[@michal_king478]

@@Wedge53 I like the word bonsaied xd we gotta make it into an official word. English is such a wonderful and simple language. You can just make anything into a verb and give anything a past tense etc. 😂

[@leighharron]

Thanks for this, I find willows are great practice trees as they grow so readily. I'll be dropping some trunks into the river folding your advice

[@Dave_0993_I]

Peter, I have two Willow bonsai. I've decided to let the roots form a 'moss ball' pad, and display them in a decorative tray of water, so they form a sort of peninsula at one side w/ a tree growing on it. I have to trim the root pads with a hatchet periodically.

[@mrsuarez430]

I always wanted a willow they tend to be rare down in Miami but I have and seen them do well. GOOD LUCK AND STAY SAFE 👍

[@kieranroberts9119]

This is just great I don't need another hobby but I can't help myself lol great stuff mate 👍👍

[@shabirseckam1564]

Thank you for this video i just purchased a willow that I want to make into a bonsai

[@bonsaivalamvuon]

A good video. Thank you for sharing information

[@johnfloydman7735]

Very interesting , thanks for sharing 🙏✌️🤘

[@jessevdmeer]

Hahaha a broomstick bonsai 😂😂 that joke made my day. Great video again master😊👍

[@ashleyvanerp5910]

This guy is great

[@J03DAV]

I would LOVE to see what you do with that log willow. How would you "carve" that one into a nice bonsai tree?

[@ElTwOJaY]

I have two peach leaf willow specimens that rooted in about two weeks. they're doing great in their pots now

[@prbones2127]

Please more weeping willow bosai content. I need ideas for styling.

[@wheelmanstan]

You stuck a stump in a pot and it grew..haha the Bonsai tree whisperer.

[@DiamondCutter423]

Facsinating.

[@stephanr8507]

I love (weeping) willows, the Netherlands are full of them! I have now like 6 branches of them with interresting shapes in a bucket of water....I hope they will root! Can you show in a video how to shape and create bonsai of those cuttings? Thanx and stay healthy!

[@suer666]

Could you do a follow up this year for the willows you have been growing. I would love to see the progress especially the larger trunk ones

[@Tom-ck3io]

5:45 He rlly just chucks them LOL

[@deborahlee1072]

Perfect! I know you’d have the answer. What time of year should you do this? Autumn / Feb or anytime of year. All the new growth on on my twisted willow is too high up and skinny so I need to reduce the crown without killing the main tree. I hate waste so this is a fantastic idea and I would like to try it. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@greenstar7492]

Just got 2 willow cuttings for bonsai....can you make video about the soil and shaping a willow bonsai....I heard its not an ideal tree for it, but since it is easy to root I decided to try it anyway...so far I have very limited success with bonsai trees...hope you'll help the beginner...love all your videos...thanks...

[@stangable5564]

In Costa Rica I’ve seen a mile of living fence. Basically thick branches stuck into the ground spaced about a foot apart, every branch took root to create an incredible living wall about 10 feet tall and miles long.

[@blooky102]

now thanks to this I made a raft style bonsai forest combined with an island style and it looks like a realistic tropical island even though its not tropical so its very hardy , he said that its best to put the end that was cut into the water but I put it in side ways to make the branches look like separate trees when its just one tree.

[@user-eq3ss9tc2i]

Waiting part 2

[@rho7754]

This man is like Bob Ross, putting trees everywhere, except he's making actual trees.

[@q-listq-tourarchives1185]

Putting HAPPY trees everywhere!

[@mryellowbelliee]

Please give us an update! very eager to see the results!

[@tic857]

I wonder if he writes on his calendar, "willow fishing at the pond" or something similar.

[@nancyfahey7518]

Last week I was going to ask if you had any willow. I started cuttings last fall and every one of them took. Along side just as many mulberry cuttings.

[@samyoel5384]

Hello peter, thanks for the very informal video once again.. I was wandering when is the latest you would attempt to make a willow cutting? Would it be advisable to try in late September?

[@Rblock777]

I would like to see update on these

[@anitateilane8472]

❤❤❤

[@petertumminaro4528]

Can you put the top (as it grew to this point) of the cutting in the water and the bottom in the air and have it grow backwards? thank you for all the great videos.

[@bumblebee3358]

Would you show us more about willow bonsai later in the year?

[@robertbrandner]

Could you perhaps do a follow up video to this, to show how the willows did come along? Thank you.

[@michal_king478]

wow Im surprised even such thick cuttings can grow roots and be made into bonsai. I took thin cuttings from a willow tree in hopes of making them into a kabudachi style bonsai some day. I have to try this if I find someone whos cutting down a willow tree

[@jennifermoore4659]

I would have used that clothes line section of wood as a feature.

[@ananda_krishnan_r]

Is it possible to grow Weeping willow at a temperature of 20 - 30 degree Celsius.....

[@marcrejas1634]

What medium works best for willow bonsai? Does it need to be constantly soaked in water as some have mentioned in the comments? Thank you-beginner here trying to learn as much as I can. 😁

[@conspiraterry7393]

I have a curly willow tree, and a pussy willow, love to make new trees from cuttings, and the water it sits in in a crock I use like a rooting hormone. I love the way the curly looks in the winter, bare of leaves..... I want to make a forest bonsai from the cuttings this summer.

[@JonasTheLundh]

I have access to a wetland were sphagnum moss grows naturally. Would there be any downside to just sticking willow cuttings into that?

[@strange-universe]

I had no idea. All this time, I thought one had to use the young whips for rooting.

[@Carsonthecarsinogen]

I live in Ontario, Canada and was curious if this would still work with all kinda of willow?

[@rRobertSmith]

Yes of course and lomb. popular trees also, anything prolific, tamaric, etc etc

[@martindorrance8133]

Interesting. I wonder what would happen if you took a long branch like the one you compared to the broom handle, bent it over into an arch and put both ends into soil or your pond?

[@harrykuheim6107]

Lots of shoots

[@peterchan3100]

It will root both ends

[@abhaychavda6362]

Please make video on tanuki bonsai

[@margiescanlon6216]

Hi i just started a dragon and green willow bonsai trees. Can these be shaped trees?

[@stephencopland1053]

Peter have your willow rooted yet that you put in the pond.

[@Ashley-ti6mp]

I put some thick branch cuttings of wisteria in water. Hope they will root.

[@peterchan3100]

Difficult with Wisteria

[@jbvincent47]

Don't forget Willow is high in IBA so you can take your Willow trimmings and make a tea out of them and water other cuttings with it to use as a rooting hormone.

[@peterchan3100]

Good for headaches.

[@jojjehellyeah]

Can same thing be done with a silver birch stump ?

[@Carniverous_Creations]

I have willow cuttings that have been rooted in water. It has plenty of roots but not enough to be a ball. How do I go about wiring basically a stick with roots into a pot?

[@f_youtubecensorshipf_nazis]

does the diameter impact the length of time to rooting?

[@xenic101]

I have a willow tree!

[@travisroy8982]

Do they need light to root or just water?

[@slamboy66]

Could you show how to wire young small rooting Willow ?

[@victorkohnke1720]

Willows are normally grown near a pond, like a Bald Cypress. Will a Bald Cypress respond and root the same way?

[@adamrose5690]

About a month ago I went to a park I frequented as a child and collected some branches that fell off a willow. always my favourite tree. And yes, just add water and they are rooting and budding.

[@MJafro]

How long did it take?

[@epzzz]

Is this applicable to all willows?

[@harrykuheim6107]

You can easily Raft Willow...just lay a green log on the ground

[@MariaSpooon]

Hello Peter, is it possible to root other species of trees by putting them in water. Such as, beech or birch limbs??🌳

[@TheBrewersDroop]

Tamerisk is the only other I can think of. You'll have to air layer those trees

[@peterchan3100]

Alder possibly but not many other trees can root in water.

[@GiantArapaima74]

What soil did you plant the willow cuttings in?

[@peterchan3100]

Any old soil - just mud will do

[@TheEminemliker]

i wonder how they are doing :D

[@hkalsi2136]

Thanks. Very smart Chinaman. I believe they are an ancient people with lot of knowledge about nature we can learn.

[@cincangocan3140]

Cara mengakarkan nya bagaimana?

[@yummy8074]

2:17 that piece of wood is staring right into my soul, like some minion of Lovecraftian Old God is trapped in there

[@GodofHellFire1982]

Im off to the park with a saw

[@peterchan3100]

Don't steal - you might get caught!

[@anti-popfpv4638]

Willow are weeds and make only a temporary specimen. Perhaps this is why they are my favorite tree too work with. I am working on many golden curls, dragon, Australian and pussy willows. I really like having them around because so many uses. Like natural rooting hormone

[@mikealmere70]

For me, the difficulty with willow Bonsai, is that half of the growth dies back every year..

[@peterchan3100]

Yes - they are noted for that.

[@YaroslavPronin]

Willow is quite difficult to form as bonsai, because it loves to kill its branches

[@tibi7015]

Be like water me friend

[@justincase9753]

Peter "sphagnum moss "Chan

[@ladydeerheart1]

He should have made this information a warning. Once you know all you need is a piece of a willow tree to grow another willow tree you'll constantly be rooting pieces of willow trees. LoL. I have little willow branches in water all over the yard every spring. If I planted all of them I'd have a forest.

[@blooky102]

Willow trees are ridiculous , I put a tiny twig into some soil and it became its own plant within 1 week... did the same but with a 1 inch thick just under 1 foot long branch and put it in a bucket with water and the same thing happened after a single week..

[@brucestradingcards6211]

The day you pass, I hope you are reincarnated as a small child and not a bonsai. Bonsai don't speak loud enough. 🙏