Styling a Gardenia Bonsai

[@erendurak4654]

This is fantastic! Thank you for such an informative and calming tutorial.

[@bonsaiempire]

Glad it was helpful!

[@litsnombre6390]

lovely Gardenia bonsai...

[@treeplantingideas3405]

you made the bonsai look amazing

[@bonsaiempire]

Thanks so much 😊

[@ricbethsbonsai638]

Very good work and the design y very interesting, thanks from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

[@bonsaiempire]

Thank you very much!

[@franciscogonzalezrodriguez3710]

Estos interesantes comentarios deberían ser subtitulados para mejor comprensión del video.

[@DarthMasiah]

i started a bunch of jasminoides cuttings last year. really strong growing, versatile species.

[@bonsaiempire]

Yeah a very cool species, with great fragrant flowers too!

[@henzobonsai]

Dynamic move..👍

[@dipalotv5110]

very cleared explanation thanks you

[@bonsaiempire]

You are welcome

[@ChrisNLger]

Is there an update video of this tree? Looks stunning

[@vietpimp999]

Hello! Wondeful video and I just happened to just bought a Gardenia bonsai also, zip I prune and wire in the summer after flowering would it flowers the following year after all the work? Thanks!

[@bonsaiempire]

Yes after flowering works fine!

[@hermanssb]

amazing......, keren banget👍🙏

[@tarian_bonsai]

Mantap.. 👍

[@ebcornell23]

At what time of year do you recommend one does this sort of major pruning and styling?

[@bonsaiempire]

For a mature tree right after flowering, for a tree in development (like this tree) I wouldn't care about flowers and early fall is fine. Some more info; www.bonsaiempire.com/tree-species/gardenia

[@Sayef_Li]

Is it a tropical tree? But I live in a tropical area but my gardenia does not flower much, it gets full of buds (20,30 buds)but they all fall off before bloom.

[@bonsaiempire]

Gardenias are sensitive to being moved or touched and changing their location may result in buds falling off. It is best to keep the plant in one good position and move it as little as possible.

[@WM.bonsai]

Nice curve

[@OmarOmar-gd3ff]

Great job and great material. I love gardenias, but I have never been able to grow one. They all die after a few months. I've grown to believe we just don't get along 😢

[@bonsaiempire]

They need relatively warm temperatures in winter - perhaps that was the problem? Some more info here: www.bonsaiempire.com/tree-species/gardenia

[@OmarOmar-gd3ff]

@@bonsaiempire thanks for the tips! I believe it's the opposite, summers are very hot here in the south of Italy. The ones I've bought in spring (which lasts about a couple of weeks 😥) have never made it to the fall.

[@bonsaiempire]

Ahh ok - partial shade and plenty water should do it. This plant can definitely thrive in Italy! :)

[@potreliefbonsaibatu5035]

Tajuk runcing segitiga , terkesan maskulin. Pohon miring meliuk kurang enak desain nya.,mungkin agak oval sedikit lebih luwes.Keindahannya lebih natural universal .

[@aidomonelar9431]

Pls tell me where can I buy the wires. Thank you

[@bonsaiempire]

In any (online) bonsai store!

[@1Crbodybuilding]

Can the trunk be thickened while in the pot?

[@bonsaiempire]

It can, a slightly bigger pot would help if that would be your goal. In this case we'll work towards a smaller container as Im happy with the trunk.

[@ivanbertolo9153]

Buona sera sono IVAN volevo farvi i complimenti per il video di gardenia pure io vorrei farne una ci proverò Posso accorciare di molto i rami Poi il prossimo anno rivegetera' Saluti Ivan

[@michaeleber4752]

So I've gotten into many discussions about when to pot a tree. So you shaped the plant and I could see keeping it in the training pot until it recovers from the shaping. But why two years? I do not understand that. I would put it into it's pot in a few months since a) nebari is perfect and b) the trunk is nice and thick.

[@bonsaiempire]

Hi Michael! It all depends on what your goals are. We still want to develop the tree (focusing mostly on setting the primary branch structure, and thickening these branches) and to speed that up, I'll stick to this pot for now. But next spring it will be put in a much smaller bonsai container, which will help us for the next stage; finer ramification.

[@michaeleber4752]

@@bonsaiempire Thanks for the reply. In my bonsai group I have one person criticizing my work and saying "no pot" but never answers my question as to why! So maintaining the grow bag for a year will speed up the main branch development and branch structure before ramification. Thanks

[@franciscocarlosoliveirasan4]

Uma Pena que não entendo nada gostaria de saber, português do Brasil.Bela AULA.

[@sorinleonte8227]

Please tell us something about fertilization of this plant.I know that this plant need's an fertilizer with lo ph,because she loves an acidic soil.what do you can tell about fertilization of gardenia?

[@bonsaiempire]

We apply a general fertilizer, in my case biogold.

[@sorinleonte8227]

@@bonsaiempire thank you

[@ulyssesgo3913]

❤❤❤

[@stevetheguy2860]

$300....... Man The most Ive spent on a plant is $16 Edit: after watching the video I can see that the end result it's self is over $300 and will keep growing thanks for amazing vids.

[@bonsaiempire]

Most welcome! Spending a bit more, like on this plant, fast forwarded us a few years (growing the trunk and surface roots takes time and therefore costs money!)

[@leoi3031]

By nursery, do you mean a special bonsai one (hence the nebari and wigglying trunk) or a garden centre which caters to normal people (muggles)

[@stevetheguy2860]

@@leoi3031 I think he means a normal one that you such as a boxwood, or any kind of hardwood bush or shrub.

[@Julian-gt8lw]

Why do you design a decidious tree like a conifer?

[@forkthepork]

Fun

[@DarthMasiah]

technically, gardenia's an evergreen shrub. you can design shrubs to look like any type of tree in the 'art' of 'Japanese bonsai'. i think the gardenia in the video has been styled like a Japanese bonsai tree, not really 'deciduous tree', or 'natural style deciduous tree'.

[@bonsaiempire]

Not sure about the conifer design, why do you think so? It is a pretty stylistic/japanese design if that is what you mean, not 'naturalistic'. And it is an evergreen - we just defoliated it to be able to style the tree.

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🍎🙂

[@Gbhmagic]

That seems like significantly more than 1/3 of the foliage.

[@bonsaiempire]

Huh you are right, as we ended up fully defoliating - but the statement is correct regarding how much pruning we did of the finer growth. The tree responded this spring with explosive growth, so we'll have a followup video coming up soon!

[@mohamadsabsabi5202]

In Syria it cost 10 usd !!!!!

[@54114142]

300 for this tree?! O.O

[@audryscraftingchannel3597]

$20-$30 or less in my area. I was wondering where he lives, or, was this an established bonsai? Definitely not a great price for nursery stock, imo

[@54114142]

@@audryscraftingchannel3597 I mean it's pretty refined already. Just look at the nebari. 300 USD seems pretty expensive nevertheless. But I have no idea what bonsais cost tbh.

[@audryscraftingchannel3597]

@@54114142 artists forum. They can charge what they want based on time and effort, type of tree, pot, things like that. But I agree that $300 seems a bit much but I'm not the buyer or seller💙☕

[@yoteslaya7296]

$300 for gardenia? You got robbed

[@bonsaiempire]

Absolutely not, did you see the trunk, taper and nebari? :-)

[@yoteslaya7296]

@@bonsaiempire lol who cares about nebari. Submitting to that bonsai dogma

[@yoteslaya7296]

@@bonsaiempire the Japanese have brainwashed you into thinking the nebari is the be-all end-all of bonsai. I have paid way more than 300 for a tree but its because the entire tree was amazing and not a singular point like nebari

[@fazza6018]

What's your name boy

[@chrislecky710]

i have seen first hand how you all go on,,,,,your not making decisions in my best interests your making decisions in the best interests of your agenda,,,,, unfortunately in turn your demonstrating a lack of vision beyond anything i thought possible... you should have not bothered at all.........i will not conform or comply to your will.....