Recreating My Famous Blaaws Juniper Bonsai

In this video I show you a Blaaws Juniper that I made in the 1980’s and that appears in my Bonsai Masterclass book. I take the same raw material and show you how easy it is to create a similar tree. I
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[@barsbyjester]

My dude mentions he won 21 consecutive gold medals like it's nothing to be proud of =D. Such a great guy

[@HamHatter]

Got to meet Peter today and he was SO wonderful and welcoming. Instantly asked us if we needed help and was very eager to show us around the place. Very much recommend a visit if you can.

[@peterchan3100]

Always ask for me as I am often in the office doing Admin.

[@HamHatter]

@@peterchan3100 Shall do! Thanks, Peter! :)

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Sunday Morning Bonsai Breakfast Club. ☕️

[@madhusudanrao2375]

Greetings Peter, I have been following you for a couple of years now. I love every video of yours. The greatest take from your videos is that you make Bonsai look so easy and simple that anyone can do it. You are so down to earth. It's your videos that gave me the confidence that I can do it too. Thanks to you, I am pursuing this hobby very seriously now. I am an Indian born American from Chicago and I am eagerly looking foward to visiting you on my next trip to London.

[@michelangelobonsai]

spreading Bonsai is a beautiful thing. compliments

[@CR-di1lg]

Amazing result for a tree that has just been wired but I also really like the cultivar of juniper.

[@ph-vf5hx]

Yes, the needle leaves are naturally very small making junipers excellent bonsai material

[@alexanderportolov]

Thank you SO MUCH for this lovely display of bonsai development! Very encouraging to see how these trees become better and better with age and care.

[@barbkrienke8400]

It was so great to see all of the stages of the tree that is in Bonsai Masterclass. And then to see you creating a similar tree live with nursery stock just topped it all off with a cherry! Thank you for this amazing video! I would love it if you could specially follow up on the tree that you did platting on the branches. I am so interested in that method, and had never heard of that before. I would love to see how those twisted branches change over time! Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us, Peter!!! Barb

[@mickeymarimuthu5808]

Thank you so much Sir for sharing your knowledge with beginners. I am so excited with what I have learnt. I bought my first Ginseng Ficus in 2 Jan 2022. I searched in KZbin on how to care for it when I came across you channel. I have learnt so much. You are very good teacher. I am a small hobby gardener and find so much joy, peace, harmony when working with plants. Thanks to you I have found a new hobby. Thank You Sir. God bless you.

[@peterchan3100]

Keep it up my friend/.

[@Perlandria]

Thank you so much! There was a tree I had to leave behind for a variety of reasons, which was the very first tree that my Grandmother bought me as a child for bonsai. Being a child, and the tree lost, and so long ago, I didn't remember the exact type. But it looked and moved exactly like that type of tree. You have returned the memory to me with more details. This is a gift and I am grateful.

[@conspiraterry7393]

This was so awesome! So fun to see and learn about your experience at the Chelsea Flower Show and your history with that only 6 year old tree is so inspiring! Learned so much, new techniques, just wow, so appreciate you Peter, you are a Global Treasure!

[@dmsvlcp]

now I need to find a nursery tree like that. it might be quite challenging.

[@skrounst]

Spring is coming up, plenty of nurseries, even retailers like Walmart, and Home Depot (in the states) will have hundreds of every type of tree/ shrub starter bonsai material.

[@tonigoldenberg3]

Me too. 😍Toni

[@tonigoldenberg3]

@@skrounst ☕️

[@digitaIgorilla]

Here for the Bonsai lesson but The Sunday Morning Coffee Club is the reason I stay behind afterwards! Hi all, Happy New Year! So anyone have a new mug following Christmas? ☕😁👈

[@peterchan3100]

I am having my coffee now at 10am !

[@NoDecaf7]

Just rolled out of bed and started a pot at 6:45am ☕☕ it just doesn't feel like a Peter Chan Bonsai lesson without it!

[@timmywood9677]

That a lot of useful tips thanks for making this video

[@drewwyatt494]

I just ordered the same tree from you and I can't wait to progress the tree along side you 😁😁

[@NgluyukMbonsai]

very good and very inspiring bonsai junifer.. greetings from Indonesia..

[@zanpsimer7685]

Amazing transformation.

[@shropshireladoutdoors743]

He put it in a pot and wired the branches outwards anyone can do that even you go watch greenwood bonsai if you realy want to learn bonsai

[@peterbathum2775]

As always, thank you for your patient, knowledgeable, teaching.

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

You are blessed with all those gold medals from the Chelsie Flower show. I think that you should go one more year in order for people to see the art of your trees.

[@homosapien3132]

Peter, thank you so much! You make these in depth videos for us to enjoy for free. I am so grateful I found you and have the privilege of watching you do what you love. Thank you for inspiring me to begin this journey of bonsai. I hear your voice whenever I am making any decisions about my trees. You are the Jedi master of bonsai, Force projecting to guide my way. Thank you so much Mr. Chan!

[@horanbenjamin]

Nice it’s great when you show before and after and have the advantage of time. As a beginner it can be hard to imagine what our starter could look like in 6 years and 30 years seems like forever. Thank you 🙏

[@williamwoo866]

My next project as I develop my backyard with a 3,000 gallon pond in SF, Calif. Never thought of Bonsai in my garden but yes

[@timdady4660]

Thank you Peter , another little glimpse into your life from years ago . the Blaaws Juniper in on my list to visit when I get down to Herons / Wisley , a road trip from Norfolk for us .

[@Jaybiiird]

Peter, your videos are so cool. Thanks so much for sharing your skill and showing others what makes the hobby so cool!!!

[@gracepeterson7483]

Wow, your guest is from my part of the world--the Pacific Northwest. I see plants like your Juniper for sale a lot. I have one that I need to wire but wasn't exactly sure how. Now I know. Thank you.

[@MidniteSan]

Thx for sharing Peter, I'd like to try that my self with something similar 😁. Cheers 🌲☕

[@rohanallen7798]

Was just rereading through that book tonight

[@peterchan3100]

There will be a. revised edition coming out in the Summer

[@davidsurf48]

Peter, You continue to inspire me to keep moving forward and try harder at practicing Bonsai.

[@dewittquayim4419]

The Blaaws are cool, reminds me of a great leaf I seen before..lol !

[@joshbrz8902]

incredibly talented artist

[@PatriciaAnnGriggs]

So Amazing what you can accomplish

[@PatriciaAnnGriggs]

Thank you for your comment 👍My son bought me a Bonsai kit with four different types of trees but you have to grow your own trees and so far two of the trees took. I am disappointed that it did not come with wire. But it is still a nice little kit. I really Love it. Thank you for being such a Inspiration. ☺☺❤❤💚💚

[@HoundStuff]

Very cool video, thank you for sharing! What a great tree and story.

[@MsOSheDidIt]

I'm so amazed at how that juniper turned out. You're so awesome 👍

[@kevinanderson9335]

It is nice to see Americans visiting the nursery, the state of Washington is almost a neighbor to us just east of Idaho.

[@peterchan3100]

Herons is very popular with American visitors. I love them too.

[@Skydude69]

I love this man more than some of my own family.

[@hanzifaction]

Great stuff! Amazing what you can make from nursery stock

[@garypickering2594]

Bonsai Masterclass was the first Bonsai book I purchased back in 1990, the second was 'Create your own Bonsai from everyday garden plants', Both excellent books because even back then you made it feel that Bonsai was accessible to everyone. Its wonderful to find these videos, will be visiting the Nursery at the end of January.

[@peterchan3100]

Please ask for me when you visit as I am either in the field or in the office.

[@garypickering2594]

@@peterchan3100 Hi Peter, thank you, I will ask for you, even if it's just to say hello

[@The_Dood]

Great video!! Inspiring stuff.

[@almac2598]

Thanks Peter, an informative video.

[@RichardDenRooyen1973]

i have the same book!! it was my first bonsai book and since then a important source of inspiration!!! thank you for the book!!

[@voodooskratch]

🌲lovely trip down memory lane Pete! Another great video lesson! ..👍

[@edwardvickers5654]

I enjoy your class very much as always Peter. Being from Boston Mass. My Bonsai maintenance has slowed. still learning every class, very enjoyable in my retired older age. a lot like taking care of kids but a lot quieter. I find it relaxing time moves a lot faster. THANKS PETER

[@descarroll9089]

Great vid as usual Peter

[@mcm9619]

You make it look so easy . I might have a go now . Thanks 🙏

[@shropshireladoutdoors743]

That's because it is go watch green wood bonsai and see how to do it properly and better

[@IEATCHAIR]

Awesome. Keep it up boys!

[@carloscruz6536]

Hoping to see the updates. Thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍👍🇵🇷

[@jameswilmot4537]

I am also quite sentimental and have one plant in particular which my Dad gave me as a young sapling in July 2000. It is a Sycamore Maple. It was pruned once around 2004 at the 5 foot mark and it sent a side branch out at the time but then was left for many years as a small tree which did help thicken the trunk. Watching your videos gave me the confidence to make the big decision to prune it down to 2 foot this May leaving one side shoot on it. Since then, it's sent out 5 new branches with the first one now a very good leader and this helps to cover the large cut I made in the trunk. It looks great now and it appears on my latest youtube videos. Thank you for all the great videos you've made, I'm watching them all gradually :)

[@mikecipriani7792]

I had that book, nice.

[@PutuBonsai]

spiral branches technique is brilian

[@davemiddleton4971]

Hope to visit Peter’s Nursery one day from Australia.

[@jirawudhvanasup4530]

I will call this one Blaaws III with planted branches. And wait for follow up videos. Rgds, Jay.

[@jeanajett2719]

My grandmother has a juniper that has been growing in her yard for 60 years. It smells so good. I wonder if I could root a cutting or find a seedling under it.

[@peterchan3100]

Yes - very easy to make cuttings from juniper.

[@antoniotayoun1238]

Congratulations to your success.

[@HeatherfishCreations]

I have that book! It was neat to follow along. :)

[@apriloasanuma9575]

i really liked this lesson of ​​not pruning the tree branches; ialways think about pruning the branches; sometimes i pick the same tree i ask: why pruning that branch thank you for the lesson and happy new year everybody

[@greenhawk1592]

Great!!! Greetings 🌳

[@jaxszeszko5291]

Can you explain how to get cuttings from a dogwood tree and how to also get cuttings from a Ming aralia plant I would like to make bonsai out of both of them and I love your videos I learn so much thank you for that from my heart to yours

[@povetrul9401]

Amazing job))

[@sujanbhujel1782]

You are legend ..

[@Madray47]

That's skill 👏

[@rsa420]

Love the stages in development. Junipers not just for gin 😉

[@paullill5604]

Sunday Breakfast time 👍

[@Ben7x26]

Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Always a pleasure to get new ideas like twisting branches together. Does somebody know if these twisted branches will grow together and fuse their systems or will these branches only seem to be one? Have a great sunday morning 🌄

[@-skalli-]

@Peter Chan: I would love a video about issues with mold. I've tackled two bonsai projects from nursery material (a cypress and a juniper procumbens) and I'm happy with them but since the soil it came in was so wet, the Juniper has a mold problem: it developed a little blue mold on a low Jin and also at the bottom of the trunk. This occurred after I repotted it and removed as much original soil as possible without washing it out. Otherwise the plant looks healthy.

[@acheronexile]

I will pause the video while I wire every branch. Proceeds to be extremely entertaining for 15 mins.

[@peterchan3100]

Thank you - did I disappoint you?

[@acheronexile]

Not disappointed in the slightest, only found myself surprised when I realized there was a last second change of plans.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

The aauw in Blaauws = prounounced like the ow in the words: how, now, brown, cow.

[@dbe2705]

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 thanks Peter

[@martinwalker8569]

i like to see something between bonsai and tree in garden soil, not so much changed

[@joannetanner7282]

I would love to find one of your books. But they sell for a fortune now.

[@peterchan3100]

Be patient - there is a new version coming out soon - by the Summer I hope.

[@skrounst]

Ghosts of Tsushima was a very detailed game when it came to Japanese culture. I heard the Island of Tsushima made the lead developers of the game Ambassadors for the island for how they portrayed their culture, and the respect they showed.

[@MF-fc5vk]

You are right peter, these are impossible to find. Shame, because they make beautiful bonsai. Business opportunity there. Get them on your shop please peter.

[@peterchan3100]

I have some for sale - email or contact our office (UK customers only as we can't send to EU)

[@MikeyDunn]

Will that book be going back into print anytime soon Peter? The price I've seen for a used copy is astonishing.

[@peterchan3100]

By June you will get a stunning new version of this book - I promise.

[@-skalli-]

I'm really looking forward to get hold of a copy, that would be amazing😍

[@edsnow5753]

Hi Steven!

[@Raphii27393]

It always comes to my mind that Peter once talked about leaving a wire on conifer's main trunk permanently as the tree will eventually grow around but this giving the trunk a really nice shape. Do I remember that correctly and does this method has a name? Thanks for any help :

[@peterchan3100]

I dont know if there is a name for this method - except to remind you that the Japanese growers use this method for thickening trunks on their grafted White Pines.

[@Raphii27393]

@@peterchan3100 The name was only interesting as I wanted to find out more about it, but your explanation of the 'why it is used' and on what specific tree was basically all I was looking for! Thanks alot :)

[@shahrafiq2165]

You don't have to convince your viewers you are a master I have small question I can't afford wiring what I can do

[@peterchan3100]

Forty years ago - I couldn't afford bonsai wire - so I used coat hanger wire and old electric cables for wire. There is no excuse. Money should not deter you from doing anything.

[@MrChausner]

Love that a US colleague came to visit. I hope to one day have a bonsai pilgrimage. Love all the videos!!! Michigan USA

[@jvilla6505]

Peter, what is the best time of the year to do this work? Winter? I noticed the video was published in January. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge, I've learned a lot.

[@lindadebeeld2148]

Can you suggest a juniper for me to try this in Canada. I have tried to find the Blaaws with no success.

[@gariktv8756]

So what’s the best time in UK to do it?

[@chrissmee4910]

Are you still reprinting? I really want a copy

[@RCAVEMANS]

I'm in the Chicago Illinois area where temperatures get very cold in the winter. Due to the shallow potting of the bonsai roots I do not have good luck with my outdoor trees. How cold does your location get?

[@peterchan3100]

Average winter day temp in England are like +5C. On cold nights it can go down to minus4 or 5 C. Once or twice a year it can go down to minus 8 C but very rarely.

[@mikenco]

Parts of my Baaws is quite prickly! Is that normal, or have I been mis-sold?

[@makewithmegma]

💕👌👍

[@davidcruttenden9531]

Hi Peter. Here in Melbourne Australia, i have enjoyed many of your master classes on youtube. I am interested in trying to bonsai some eucalyptus, particularly eucalyptus archeri. Have you ever worked with eucalypts? Can they be adapted for bonsai or are they not suitable?

[@peterchan3100]

We dont get many Eucalypts here, so I have never bothered. They seem to be too vigorous. I am sure many of the Oz enthusiasts will have more experience with this genus.

[@musicointempero2256]

I'm also in Melbourne and have some E.Ovata and E.Niccolii being trained, but Eucalyptus are a different kettle of fish to other species. Not only are they very vigorous, cutting branches, not always, but often results in the tree killing the entire branch off, so you really have to think ahead and be careful with which branches you are going to reduce and by how much. Natural looking styles are much easier to attain in my experience so far, you just have to stay on top of the maintenance. The benefit is many eucalyptus trees grow big thick lignotubers under the soil (especially collected ones) which can be exposed above the soil when potting them, giving them interesting thick shaped trunks at a much younger age than many species. I collected most of mine from gardening jobs I've done where they were growing In problematic places and people wanted them removed. They also, in my experience, don't like to be wired too much and when wired, must be done early in the branches life as they lignify quickly.

[@davidcruttenden9531]

@@musicointempero2256 thanks very much for your advice. I think also they will be a challenge. Much appreciated

[@musicointempero2256]

@@davidcruttenden9531 have a look into what soil to use as well, I found it makes a huge difference with eucalypts. They like a lot of drainage and sandy soil because the roots can rot easily if they are too moist all the time. They seem to do well in the soil I mixed for my olive bonsai. If you get all the pieces in place, they make wonderful looking bonsai. Good luck!

[@davidcruttenden9531]

@@musicointempero2256 I will keep that in mind . Many thanks once again for your comments

[@louisetwinberrow5508]

Morning breakfast clubbers

[@garlanddavidson6845]

So I have a question I ordered a tree from you a month ago but couldn’t get it because of Covid complications with the mailing from UK to the US?-is that the same guidelines with this T-shirt that I just purchased also?

[@peterchan3100]

We can't send plants abroad - so the US is out. And as for the T-Shirts, we dont market it, but a firm called Tee-Mill market them using our logo and image for which we get a small royalty. So if you order the shirts from Tee-mill via our website, you should get them. Does that answer your questions?

[@garlanddavidson6845]

@@peterchan3100 yes sir ,I have one more Question so do you have window of when Mail order Mandate would end I feel as a burden to ask , in which you really don’t haft to reply to the question be as it may not sure to when as to Convey the unfortunate inconvenience between two parties/ fan base /followers etc. by which i completely understand And apologize in advance to even mention the implication to matters. -I guess I was Just over Anxious to get a little piece of Your experience & Journey Convert into mine., I still have one of your Japanese maple (Trident maple I believe?)3-4 yrs ago & it doing really well ., the Nabari is starting to get get establish and I’m getting ready to air layer a branch off of it come early spring.

[@peterchan3100]

@@garlanddavidson6845 If you live in the US - how could you have got a Trident maple from us? We can't send to US and never will be able to unless you organise the import yourself. US import of plants is very very strict.

[@peterchan3100]

@@garlanddavidson6845 Wait till the Summer as I will have a new version of my book - Bonsai Masterclass which you can purchase from us.

[@jirawudhvanasup4530]

Let's call it Blaaws II and follow it's developement untill you finish. Rgds, Jay.

[@Djdebree63]

Blauw means Blue (dutch).

[@rsa420]

It's also a surname in German and Afrikaans

[@CR-di1lg]

I think it’s from a Dutch botanist spelled Blaauw and the title in the video is spelled incorrectly

[@brucedeacon28]

👍🍎👌

[@davidhuston6677]

at $ 200.00 plus I don't wonder why there is no market for them .

[@ludwigcodjambassis8866]

Peter I am sorry not to comment your videos.. I am learning since the pandemic started .I have two secoyas 40 year old. Buto totallay ignorant...I am great propagator indeed and want to makenativel trees acesible to people with just a garden...you mention nothophagus antarctica.. They were found in the fossils from antarctica...as well as N. Alessandrini.. They are both anative to Chile...and I am propagating them