Succulent Bonsai

[@dkstott29]

Succulent bonsai rock!!

[@BonsaiNorthwest]

I agree! Thanks for the visit.

[@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom]

Cool video and thanks for the shout out!!! 😊 I’ve now got to get myself a Lime Zinger - gorgeous! Your flowering succulents are fantastic.

[@BonsaiNorthwest]

Of course, glad to give you a shout out, although not sure how much traffic my little channel with drive to your channel! Yeah, as I was making this video and especially talking about portulacaria, I thought "Tom from Coffee and Bonsai with Tom should really be the one talking about ports for bonsai, not me!" So I solved it with a shout out. Yeah, I do recommend trying out a Lime Zinger, or really any sort of sedum. It is particularly great in the early spring, as I show in my thumbnail, when the new buds are pink. I really love it then. Also, I don't think I've seen many examples of hardy sedum bonsai, so I like that it's original.

[@baldyeti]

I’m diggin what you are putting out, brother. There are zone 3 & 4 sedums as well that I’ve tried to grow up here in my gardens. The winter die back was fugly though. Youve given me hope to try and bonsai them.

[@BonsaiNorthwest]

Glad you are enjoying my videos, and I'm glad you plan to start some hardy sedum bonsai! I should try to start another one, to see if I can reproduce the result. This Lime Zinger sedum was a happy accident - I had zero idea of how it would evolve.

[@AlexBraunton]

The title of this video made me think of that "succulent Chinese meal" video where the guy is getting arrested. I've got to admit that I'm not a fan of tropicals or succulents. I'm not a house plant fan and we get coldish winters here to about -10c (approx 14f)

[@BonsaiNorthwest]

Ha, my title was not meant as an allusion to a "succulent Chinese meal", but that's pretty funny. I love succulents, such a low maintenance variety of plant and neat variety, easy to propogate, and they can be bonsaied. But yeah, I go back and forth between tropicals. I have a handful of them but don't plan to get many more. Succulents on the other hand - I could see my collection of succulents grow.

[@legendno1]

hahahyes😂😂😂😂

[@nickhelms4386]

Is that AI in the thumbnail? Not to be a jerk, but if it is--I would really rethink using AI for art especially, it's pretty abusive of artists!

[@BonsaiNorthwest]

@@nickhelms4386 I'm flattered! No AI, it is in fact a completely undoctored photo taken by me of a succulent bonsai that I created. No digital enhancement was applied - just an out-of-camera jpg from my Fuji X-T10 and Fuji 70-300 mm lens. It's a hardy sedum and the new rosettes are truly bright pink due to cold early spring temperatures. I agree that it's a striking image, hence why I used it as a thumbnail.

[@nickhelms4386]

@@BonsaiNorthwest awesome! Thank you for clarifying. It does look great, and I think it looks so unreal that I was assuming it wasn’t! Glad to hear this though :D

[@BonsaiNorthwest]

@@nickhelms4386 Thanks! I really love the contrast between the pink rosettes, green moss, and blue pot in early spring.