Top 5 Bonsai Beginner Species

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@TalkingLoon 6 күн бұрын

Interesting note about all five highlighted species: Juniper, Thuja, Ficus, Jade and Elm... they all root easily from cuttings.

@Bonsaifly 5 күн бұрын

Yes!! Totally should’ve mentioned that haha

@thomassiebenburgen6464 6 ай бұрын

Moin David, bin gestern auf deinen Kanal gestoßen und begeistert.... bin Anfänger, aber wenn ich sehe was du in so kurzer Zeit aufgebaut hast... Respekt! Beste Grüße, Thomas

@Bonsaifly 6 ай бұрын

Hi Thomas! Freut mich, dass Dir mein Kanal gefällt. Ja genau, mache Bonsai seit ca 4,5 Jahren und hatte nur minimales Budget aber über die Jahre ist die Sammlung ganz gut gewachsen :)

@thomassiebenburgen6464 6 ай бұрын

@@Bonsaifly so sehe ich auch meinen Weg... neben den ganzen anderen Hobbys, wie Pflanzenzucht, Zierfische, Garnelen, Holzwerkstatt (Winter)... es macht einfach Spass und meine Enkelkinder kann ich so immer wieder für etwas begeistern. Beste Grüße aus dem sonnigen Stade, Thomas

@LiandroViana 20 күн бұрын

The Spekboom (Jade) is a very common tree in South Africa. It is edible, as previously commented, and is the staple food of elephants in the Ado Elephant Reserve. I had a triple trunk Jade. I separated it and bound the three trunks together to form a big trunk, trained it as a root-over-rock, pruned and wired it in one go. Still growing strong through heat waves and downpours. Can take a lot of 'abuse' from beginners

@Bonsaifly 20 күн бұрын

Yes, they are such a great species for beginners to learn on. And very satisfying to work with even years into the process

@BonsaiNorthwest 6 ай бұрын

Great video - full of useful information. Excellent trees too. I like that you included thuja, which I haven't seen on many beginner lists - in my limited experience with thuja, I agree, thuja is tough and makes a great beginning tree. Other good beginner species in my opinion are maples and cotoneaster.

@Bonsaifly 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!! To be honest, in terms of maples I have only worked with deshojo so far (I should really expand my collection on that front) and they tend to be touchy imo. Haven’t found any exciting cotoneaster material so far but I’d like to give them a go as well!

@BonsaiNorthwest 6 ай бұрын

@@Bonsaifly Yes, I have heard that shin deshojo is considered an 'improved' version of deshojo, suggesting deshojo could be a bit finicky. The plain species Acer Palmatum is not finicky (in the right climate).

@andrewpowell7500 6 ай бұрын

Dude, great informative video. I live in Northern Ireland and for my climate I completely agree with your choice of varieties for beginners.

@Bonsaifly 6 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Yeah I reckon it’s probably similar to northern Germany (at least whenever we have a cold year)

@Baru_089 6 ай бұрын

Team Ficus! I also don't understand why they are frowned upon by many practitioners. You can get so creative with them and it is very rewarding to work with them as they grow so fast! Nice Video, thanks a lot!

@Bonsaifly 6 ай бұрын

You’re welcome and i completely agree, Ficus are definitely in my top 5 favorites

@aprilbaldwin5152 6 ай бұрын

I think the yew is also a good beginner tree as long as you water it, it seems to grow vigorously as well

@Bonsaifly 6 ай бұрын

I‘d say you’re right in terms of back budding and forgiving pruning mistakes, plus bending is quite easy. I do find they are trickier than junipers or Thuja though, especially in terms of resistance to summer heat and cold temperatures

@aprilbaldwin5152 6 ай бұрын

@@Bonsaifly I will keep that in mind, I've only had it a few months

@cynrich1 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for all this info! I'm very new at Bonsai having only really started this spring as my yard is covered with new sugar maple seedings, and even a couple of oaks that seeded last year, I potted about twenty of the very tiny maples some with their seeds still attached and no leaves yet, and they came up very well. Others I pulled out of the leaf mold and sat them in bonsai soil with peat, perlite, and some potting soil, and 90% survived and are doing well. I also have an eastern white cedar that I got free after Christmas as my very first. It's so cool to go out every morning and see all these babies reaching for the sun! I also purchased two black cherries and wisteria from another plant lover. What do you think of boxwood for beginners?

@Bonsaifly 6 ай бұрын

Sounds like a great start! I always try to encourage people to get some bigger trees instead of starting from seed because growing from seed (whilst fun) is going to be a long process until you can actually work on the material. I’d say go for a 30€($) tree and get the technique down. Boxwood is actually not a bad starter but it does grow very slowly and here in Europe we have a big plague of boxwood borer, so you’ll have to check them for that a lot and treat them at the earliest possible moment otherwise these pests will only take a couple of days to pretty much ruin a tree

@cynrich1 6 ай бұрын

@@Bonsaifly Thanks for the reply. I only started the baby maples because I have about a million sprouting all over my yard! They're fighting so hard to survive I just couldn't mow them down. I also have a few 2-4-year-old other species that I'll be able to work with sooner. I've left them in 12" or 1-gallon pots to let the trunks get thicker. There are a couple of nice little pine trees nearby that'll be taken as yamadori next year.

@KHUEBONSAICHANNEL 6 ай бұрын

beautiful work

@Bonsaifly 6 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼

@devendraagashe1896 27 күн бұрын

Can you make a video on care of mini Muraya Paniculata

@Bonsaifly 27 күн бұрын

I don’t have one unfortunately so I wouldn’t know

@mikec3820 6 ай бұрын

id add in the regular acer palmatum japanese maple. they are just as easy as ficus. and they are cold hardy down to a zone 4 or 5. i wish i knew that sooner. new sub and thumbs up for you. happy bonsai'ing!

@Bonsaifly 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support man, glad to have you here. I actually didn’t know that, I only have one Deshojo and that one is very finicky. I‘ll give the regular variety a go!! ✨