Planting Seeds and Updates, The Bonsai Zone, June 2022

[@BlueSkyBonsai]

Hi Nigel, glad to see all the oak seedlings doing well! I'm sure the sulking holly oak will push out new buds soon.

[@mattaustralian6584]

Everything looking good Nigel. Hard to go to a nursery and not come out without some plants.

[@pokokebonsai]

Mantap om, bonsai yang bagus... 👍👍👍😎😎😎

[@BeTheCREATOR]

All the four new collections are awesome!!!!👌👌👌

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Trees looking good in the greenhouses. Sound of rain, relaxing. You need to start on your other greenhouse for more room once the plant room is done. Lots of work always. Never ends. Enjoy your morning cup of coffee.

[@Clayonmind]

NIGEL!!!!! u are responsible for my 50 newly acquired trees in the past 3 months, and countless seeds

[@ShadowTriadWestWind]

Loving the new trees! Loving the hair, too!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Hi Nigel, your little palm probably is a member of the Euphorbia family (But then again, there are some 7k species in that family so that only partially helps you!)

[@arnoldmmbb]

I think is a succulent Senecio species

[@GrowingBonsai]

@@arnoldmmbb also a good option!

[@MaybeBonsai]

I hope those seeds makes it Nigel, enjoyable updates all around, see you tomorrow!

[@natrjack965]

I had a eucalyptus tree 30 years ago with my first wife it was in a pot for two years I then decided to plant it in the ground...wow did it grow within 5 years it was 40 feet tall ...I bet yours will make a great bonsai tree I will be watching its progress like I always do .its down to you and others that I watch that I am now hooked on bonsai my greenhouse is full of seedlings and plants that are in training to become bonsai...

[@patsfreund9164]

Just one Morere.....there's always room for one more. That's my philosophy with orchids. Works with bonsai as well. Your first ficus is looking fantastic now.

[@n8tyler]

Thanks Nigel...

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Cool finds. I know how you feel. I cannot resist buying when in a nursery. It is like being a kid in a candy shop. Really nice purchases.

[@karenishere]

The first thing that popped into my head when I saw that succulent was the "Lorax Tree" from Dr. Seuss!

[@luke14946]

The trees that "thneeds" or whatever they're called are made out of.

[@karenishere]

@@luke14946 I looked it up...a Truffula Tree 🤣

[@getintothewildwithjeffruma8777]

I love your original crown of thorn bonsai. I look forward to watching you develop this new one and I’m sure you can tell from videos on my channel that I love Desert roses. So it’s always nice to see your desert rose landscape.

[@ferasi6944]

I am looking forward to the development of your new crown of thornes! 😀

[@-ChrisD]

Planting seeds is the easy part... Now we just gotta wait.

[@TobyJin]

It's always tempting to get new plants when you get the chance. Looking forward to seeing how the seedlings will develop. Also, I recall that in one of your videos you had a larger Adenium that someone gave to you, how is that plant doing now?

[@OliverJazzz]

Really nice updates! 🙂👍

[@arnoldmmbb]

Very cool dwarf Eucalyptus

[@mattbrennan647]

Everything looks happy and healthy. Nice additions too. Who really ever stops collecting new trees? 😁 Thanks, keep growing

[@tinytree100]

This was a good learning experience, I made a number of mental notes on your techniques.

[@SteveSimi]

Nigel it's time for the "Conor upgrade" to your plant room this winter!

[@PolinaS-gq1te]

No space for new plants, let's go buy some more 🤣🤣🤣 that is me.

[@Bearbok]

Bonsai Bloke Mallee style for that new eucalyptus!!

[@hobbs7ly]

i really enjoy your videos ,you're like a breathe of fresh air!

[@danieldalton8125]

sycamores grow like weeds in England. In the gravel, pavement cracks, I'd be surprised if they didn't all germinate. Huge leaves, massive internodes btw.

[@plumbthumbicus]

The second tree looks like a truffula tree from The Lorax. Cool.

[@MrThomascor]

Hi Nigel, if it's a Eucalyptus gunnii 'Azura' than it would be able to survive outdoors too about -25c. Here in the Netherlands they grow magnificent, some of the fastest growing trees that i have ever seen.

[@Liisa3139]

Yes, Eucalyptus is grown a lot for paper industry. It has short fibers, so it is good for paper tissues, toilet paper and such.

[@PatricioBallesterosLedesma]

Hello Nigel, for the first time I'm contacting you, although I've been watching your videos for more than two years and I share your vision of this art and we also have many species in common. For 35 years I have planted trees and have them in pots with grow and cut , with a management similar to yours, without wiring. Many times I saw something you showed and I was going to tell you about my experience, but in the end I didn't. This time, when you showed that you bought a Pillea microphyla I made up my mind. This little succulent has tiny flowers that spread thousands of seeds in summer. In many of my potted trees they multiplied and carpeted the ground. That is something I like because it contributes to the miniaturization of the landscape and, since they do not have deep roots or large water requirements, add instead of subtract. But in your case, that you are always removing the "weeds", I warn you that if you place it in your greenhouses, in a short time they will colonize the surface of all the surrounding pots. Until next time and good luck in The Bonsai Zone!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Patricio, I'll move it out of the greenhouse, it sounds like it could be a problem!!

[@otterwench]

It took me a minute to see the temple in the Jade beside your first Ficus. I thought it was a skinny Dalek at first.That is an interesting succuclent. I wonder if it is a type of aeonium?

[@Alepoudiitsa]

yes every time there is wind I have to always stress out if my trees will go flying 🤣

[@TeamFishweights]

Haha oh no, just wait till my parcel arrives Nigel 🤣

[@ArtisticEndeavors]

I’m very excited about the bristlecone pines. I’m not so good at being patient! ✌🏻🎨☕️

[@leszekrybak5067]

Bristlecone Pine... slow growing, I mean very slow... on the other hand I think that the oldest tree on Earth is a Bristlecone Pine... time has a different meaning to these trees...

[@marysoldeeley2218]

Love starting seeds. And buying plants I have no room for... I should try and send you some pomegranates. Maybe 25 or 30 of them... Ha Ha Ha! Just kidding... I do still have far too many... But I don't think they would ship well.

[@BostonBonsaiIdiot]

Hey Nigel, have you seen Guy Watson's channel yet? He did a GREAT little forest with sycamore maples. I've been playing around with them too for a few years since they seed in my yard pretty readily, but Guy did a great job.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Colin, I just subscribed to his channel! A very nice forest he created!

[@QuadDerrick]

i like your hairstyle nigel, when you were younger you looked so strict ,, you could have been a cop, bad mannered cop even, , now you look more like a kind nice approachable guy =)

[@willmarsandoval6366]

Hi Nigel! Hi 5 from Venezuela, I want to ask you about Desert Roses, they are all the same? I see yours are thick! Thanks, and keep making videos and wondering as with your amazing trees!

[@Werd2jaH]

Hey Nigel. Speaking of seedlings and new trees. Have you ever thought of growing a pachypodium as a bonsai experiment? Thanks

[@OliverJazzz]

I have one, and I have a really hard time imagining how that species would work as a bonsai... 😅

[@dabblingwithbonsai]

Imma head to local nurseries on Monday, hopefully I stay strictly to the budget 😅 Thanks for the updates 💚💚 Edit: just got new schefflera cuttings since my old one died... 😶

[@stuartrose7628]

Your cotoneaster will get beautiful autumn colour

[@Liisa3139]

Oooh, naughty Nigel bought more trees! Clearly you haven't been attending your Treeholics Anonymous lately.

[@AJediSurvivor]

I could be wrong as not 100% sure but that succulent kind of looks like a Peperomia Ferreyrae.

[@luke14946]

Could also be a Senecio/kleinia, But Atleast it would narrow it down for him.

[@aaryansetia9093]

Eucalyptus has long, thin leaves no?

[@gayefanner731]

Yes the mature leaves are. Juvenile ones are rounded and it’s possible by hard pruning to keep tree producing them, as they’re so pretty! God bless you 🙏✝️ ✌️🇺🇦🌻✌️

[@stevie122]

Hey nigel these succulents are Kleinia neriifolia i guess :)

[@TonysBonsai]

My guess is that you'll end up with a lot of sycamores. Those things grow like weeds!

[@abbasduman6963]

Interesting new plants, though I would be cautious eating eucalyptus as it can be slightly toxic to humans.

[@jballenger9240]

Secoind? Is that spelled correctly😄. Maybe throid?

[@j3rka]

Hey Nigel! Awesome content as always! Really looking forward to see the new plants develop. A question; do you still have the Swedish Whitebeam seeds I sent you probably 3-4 years ago? ;)

[@VinnyChirayil]

With a sword & armour, your new hairstyle would pass you off as a Japanese samurai :-)

[@Werd2jaH]

Artillery fern also known as shotgun weed. It will get EVERYWHERE I know it well from the terrarium hobby. Be vigilant!

[@henriettaspark9802]

The second new one schould be Senecio Barbertonicus.

[@luke14946]

Yes it looks like some kind of Senecio or Kleinia.

[@arnoldmmbb]

also could be a succulent Peperomia

[@astounded]

Senecio kleinia? Sometimes I wish the lumping and splitting botanists could get together and just enjoy the plants! Either way, they can make an awesome bonsai when grown well.

[@arnoldmmbb]

@@astounded no, kleinia is very diferent I know because I live in the Canary islands where they are native

[@henriettaspark9802]

Jo Mike trust me, i truely enjoy them- but they need a Name 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@nrponugoti]

👍

[@h3nrymartinex1987]

I made my uculyptus into bonsai and the other I'm making an arch they smell very good and are natural insect repellent.😇🎸🖖🚀🛸💫🌟😶‍🌫️

[@t3dwards13]

Too many trees can be better than not enough... You can't love them all to death. Lol

[@aaronleslie1581]

Can’t wait to see if those seeds grow, Levi and I are also growing seeds maybe I can interest you in a trade for a monkey thorn clipping, Levi and I are dieing for monkey thorn lol

[@mhylton]

Be careful with the Eucalyptus. It is not a native species to North America. We have one in our backyard which I wish we could cut down. It's four stories tall, has a 10' wide trunk and drops time of leaves and branches.

[@OliverJazzz]

I don't think it would survive the winters there. Even the hardiest varieties' danger zone is -12° to -23 C°, and surviving that lower temperature would be lucky even for an established tree.

[@arnoldmmbb]

the Pilea microphyla is more like a weed i think they arw short lived

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🍎🙂

[@arnoldmmbb]

the succulent is probably Senecio barbertonicus

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Arnaldo, that looks like it!!

[@emmitstewart1921]

My garden calendar tells me that Wednesday through Saturday are good days to plant above ground plants, so your seeds should have good germination.

[@justlucky13]

Foist

[@kevinrandell5189]

👍👍👍🤪

[@eve66able]

Nigel, I like your videos. They're so inspiring. But one thought about your hairdo - the roots of your plants look much better then the top of your head. Maybe your wife can do something about that. It's a little bit distracting.

[@capnspicy5565]

What is wrong with you people? If he didn't like his hair he would change it, It's his body... But to ask somebody to change their appearance because you don't like it, Is very rude.

[@NotAnotherBonsaiChannel]

​@@capnspicy5565 Absolutely agree! Let Nigel be Nigel. Don't like him, move on.