Why I Am Giving My Bonsai Away: Bonsai Bench Tour

Join me on this tour of my bonsai benches, get updates on my bonsai trees and projects worked on recently, and discover why I am giving my bonsai trees away.
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[@TheBonsaiGarden]

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[@AFV85]

Love the acer air layers. They should take well. I did a few a few years ago to an old palmatum, all successfully! I'm just starting back at my Bonsai (Scottish Bonsai). I lost some and had a few stolen, and it hit me so hard that I put what I had in the ground until I moved to my new house last year. I dug them up and got them in pots now in a secure, private garden to start again! Twenty-seven years in the making, and when something like that happens, it really hits hard! I have my new old JWP arriving this week. I am so looking forward to getting it! My hornbeam, like yours, I've had in the ground for seven to eight years. It went into a training pot this year, and in winter, it's time to see what to do! I have kept it with correct branching. I want it a bit smaller, though. It's about three feet with a lovely taper. It's going to be a difficult decision! The same with my Scots pine, the same age, movement, and flaked bark. Now I'm thinking I see a nice tree lower down! But apart from that, it's what I have left! Thousands of pounds stolen and lost in 2017! My acer orange dream is now in the garden. It's a huge Bonsai now in the ground, just going to leave it longer as it's getting so fat so fast! Seven years in the ground, it's incredible!

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Sorry to hear about the theft, but hope your trees are more secure now. Good luck with your continuing journey with them. 👍

[@Ad_DOOM]

i know how you feel. I'm looking at trying to move some of my trees on to make space. my garden looks scruffy and overgrown

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

I think as a beginner you acquire all sorts of material but someone if it is not well suited, or becomes a bit neglected. As your skill develops your sense of what makes a good tree changes and so you re-assess some of the older material and move it on to make way for better trees. 👍

[@tomsbonsaidiary]

Yeah have a really nice collection mate, really good watch as always. I know what you mean about no space left on the bench. I’m sure your club will appreciate those trees. That larch forest is lovely, if you can’t get rid of it, give me a shout 😂👌.

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thanks Tom. The larch forest is gone now, along with all the others 🤗

[@watsup6084]

Beautiful collection Jason. Chinese junipers prefer more alkaline soil compared to the natives we have here in central europe. I add dolomite calcareous to the substrate and had quite good results with it. Maybe something you could try out.

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thanks. Worth giving this a try. 👍

[@NotAnotherBonsaiChannel]

Excellent tour of your garden Jason and wow, you do have some interesting trees in your collection.

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

I filmed my pines too but the audio didn’t record so I had to leave out about 7 mins of stuff.

[@NotAnotherBonsaiChannel]

@@TheBonsaiGarden Aahh that can be a real pain when that happens.

[@maryweber4176]

Wow Jason, I needed this tour of your bonsai. It's been an especially stressful couple of days around here. Your trees, along with your pots, are stunning. I don't know that anyone can compare to your pot collection. I have never seen a variegated cotoneaster before, that crabapple tree is stunning, and I love the larch with the one pine cone. And your yellow fish is looking great! We had a wind storm go thru here, and it took out two sections of my japanese style fence (that I built myself 20 years ago). I was able to salvage the cedar 1 x 2's, and made a very nice japanese top which fits right on top of what was my mother's metal plant stand. I have left a space open hopefully, for one of your pots. And, what lucky club members who would have received some of your trees. Again, great video.

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thank you for your kind comments Mary and very pleased that you enjoyed this tour and update. It was great to see cones on my larches for the first time this year and so have a crab apple grown from a sapling that I hope may get flowers for the first time next year. Sorry to hear about the fierce weather you have had - you certainly get that far worse than we do here, and we don’t have to worry about bears 🐻 Be sure to enter the draw for the pots I am giving away for my 10k Giveaway 👍👍👍

[@maryweber4176]

@@TheBonsaiGarden I will be entering shortly. I had to have one of my daughters figure out how to add my contact e-mail address.

[@davidlangan6232]

Love thst giant larch tree, so beautiful!

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thank you David 🙏

[@randysmith1723]

Very nice collection! I’ve only been doing Bonsai for a year and a half, got 17 trees so far. Not sure I’ll ever get the numbers you have, wife will kill me if I take over too much space! But already have a decent triple layer bench and a mini greenhouse, so it looks like I’m committed. Your collection is very inspiring!

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

I try think in all honesty I got to the point that there were too many to look after properly hence giving some away. I also want to space them out more on the benches so each can shine. And I’ve been doing this for six years so built my collection in that short time. I’m moving from the quantity to the quality phase of bonsai obsession 🤗😆😆

[@ggevergreenbonsai1259]

You’ve got a fabulous garden Jason. It’s certainly an obsession 😂😀

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thank you Gail 😄🙏

[@Etienne_Beaumont]

What a great collection of trees and pots. You have good taste. 😀

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@RogersGardenandBonsai]

I had a massive clear-out of what I called 'sticks in pots' leaving just a few of the better Bonsai which I've managed to keep going. I'm currently making some individual stand for 4 of my larger better trees. I'm trying to incorporate my trees into the overall garden design rather than have them 'take over' so will probably just stick with the 20 or so that I've got (unless, of course, something catches my eye!).

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thanks Roger. You can get to the point where you just have too many trees that you cannot look after them all and things start getting neglected. I’ve reached the quality rather than quantity stage of the bonsai journey 👍

[@curious9801]

Hi Jason, I really appreciate your videos, they are very interesting and easy to understand 😊. Your collection is most impressive! 👍🤩 I have always been a gardener, growing from seed and cuttings over the years. I absolutely love and appreciate bonsai and the skills it involves. At the ripe age of 80 I have decided to make a start to learn how to create these wonderful works of creativity! If I were lucky enough to win one of your ‘give away pots’ I would truly appreciate and treasure it, hoping it would help me create a wonderful specimen! Please keep on with this wonderful channel. Kind regards, Wendy ( I have clicked to subscribe but not sure it worked!! 🙄

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thank you for your kind words 🙏

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Thanks for the tour Jason. I'm glad I wasn't at your club I may have walked away with a few of those :)

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thanks Xavier. Nothing particularly impressive or spectacular, mostly pre bonsai and development material that was getting neglected and taking up space.

[@Tore1972Wisdom]

Love the garden tour. Is it just me, or did you get a lot more trees, since 3 years ago? Great great choice of pot for your doshojo last in the video.

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Yes I got a lot more trees. Welcome to the madness

[@Tore1972Wisdom]

@@TheBonsaiGarden LOL 😄 I have a small garden, as many have here in Copenhagen, so that keeps me from giong nuts in bying bonsai 😅

[@rtregear]

Impressive collection. I like the way that trees collect stories. Thanks for sharing, Jason.

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Each one can tell it’s own tale 👍 Thanks Roger

[@jonathanaristone2468]

Beautiful Garden Jason !

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

And you got a shout out too Jon !!! I do love those silver birch videos ❤️ There was also about another 7 minutes talking about pines but weirdly my microphone picked up my breathing but not my actual talking so I had to drop that section. Sadly I lost an expensive japanese white pine due to excessive rain in March/April after I took it out of winter cover. I might have to make a seperate video about that… 👍

[@curious9801]

I forgot to add Jason, that I have two young grandsons whom I am encouraging to grow. I am hoping they will get the BONSAI BUG!!! 😂🥳regards, Wendy

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

That would be great Wendy 👍

[@Bonsaicrazy]

Great video Jason mate 👊👊 You do have some lovely trees mate. If you want to send something my way Jason that’ll be cool 😎 No probs if not dude 👊👊👊👊👊

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Maybe next time I have a clear out Andy 👍

[@markjagger7139]

What a lovely collection of trees and garden too, the cherry’s on your Fuji look super, I lost mine with the late frost unfortunately hopefully next year.

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

I lost a lovely windswept literati Fuji cherry last year. It was such a simple, elegant tree but I think the frosts killed the roots and when it leafed out it couldn’t supply the water needs of the tree so it dried out and I lost it.

[@markjagger7139]

@@TheBonsaiGarden that’s gutting.

[@manupbritain5232]

I recently found a local Bonsai Club and looking forward to joining a meet. The majority of my collection are in training. I have learned a lot over the past few years. If you ever need to lighten your load I'd be happy to help, listening to your accent I don't think you would be too far away from me in Greater Manchester. Keep up with the great content 👍

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

I’m in West Yorkshire, so not too far away. The majority of my trees are self styled nursery material, with a handful of trees bought from various bonsai nurseries.

[@manupbritain5232]

@TheBonsaiGarden That's why you sound so familiar to me, I studied at Huddersfield so have made a lot of journeys over the hills your way. I have a mix of nursery stock and young seedlings I have found here and there. I have a liking to Rowan Trees, you can find them in walls and lots of places. I have had my first successful germination of seeds I got from a Korean Fir cone last year. They have a long journey ahead. It really is hobby that you are constantly learning. I took your tip of pond baskets in the repotting season, that combined with a great soil mix has proven amazing. It's early in the year but my trees are flourishing. Finally they are growing out of the sticks and stumps in pots phase.

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

We have a big rowan which overhangs to koi pond from a neighbouring garden. They can look spectacular with all the dense clusters of red berries but they are then a bit of a pain when they start dropping in bunches from the tree in autumn. Good luck with your trees and enjoy the journey.

[@davidparry2301]

Great collection of trees Jason. Something I can aim towards. Started a couple of years ago and so far have around 12 ‘trees’ - raw material really. The one I would consider most like a bonsai is an oak. An acorn which I collected around 15 yrs ago. I threw it in a pot and left it untouched for around 12 years. About 2 years ago I thought I best do something with it before it dies at which point the bonsai journey started.

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Wow, my own oaks from seed are only about 3-4 years. Developing oak from acorns is a long but rewarding process. Best of luck with yours 👍

[@davidparry2301]

@@TheBonsaiGarden Thank you 👍🏼

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

🙏🙏😀

[@zetetic9165]

what a great collection, thanks for the tour (any suggestions where you can find silver birch saplings, I specifically wanted to make my first forest out of them but can't seem to find them anywhere)

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

I sourced a load of silver birch off the internet, but they were very young trees without pencil thin trunks and had not developed the white colouration. In the UK the Woodland Trust sell saplings very inexpensively.

[@PrototypeBMX]

you should grow out the tiny tree from Tony this would be an amazing way to remember him

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

It’s a long term project but definitely 👍

[@natrjack965]

You have an amazing collection Jason I am so jealous I wish I had trees like yours ,you are an inspiration to me ,like you I have a nice garden and a pond but nowhere near the amount of trees that you have I have about 15 trees but I have grown them all from seed oh I bought a Chinese elm from B@M which I re potted and is doing very well ,I also have two jade's which are growing indoors I will send you some pics one day .

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

I’ve been involved with the hobby for about 6 years now, so there’s definitely hope for others to create a similar collection through growing and styling nursery material or buying from bonsai nurseries as skill develops.

[@hyperionhelios190]

I need to get me an orange dream!

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

They have great colour, and widely available, at least here in the UK.

[@hyperionhelios190]

Less so here but I'm sure they are around.

[@zicada7661]

If you really want a tree to grow a branch from a specific location, could you shade out the light it gets using black plastic or something such that only the spot in question gets light ? That combined with cutting tops to get it to want to backbud ?

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

I doubt that would work. The energy and hormones in the tree are likely not so localised.

[@zicada7661]

@@TheBonsaiGardenI see. I have noticed that whichever side of a trunk facing my southfaced windows is where new shoots will form. Don't they stick out "feelers" (meristems?) to see how much light there is and pick the "best" location based on that ? How do hormones add to this picture ?

[@How2FixIt1]

Just been in the hobby about a year. Taking it slow. Love the channel. Great job. I wished I could get my hands on some of the giveaways. 😳

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thank you. You can definitely try and win one of the pots in my 10k giveaway. It’s my chance to say thank you for the support and kind comments. 🙏

[@How2FixIt1]

@@TheBonsaiGarden already done it a few weeks ago. Looking forward to the draw!

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Great stuff. Good luck 🤞

[@a.dkutzbarber]

Really enjoyed this video that’s some collection you have mate I have a Chinese elm it dropped it’s leaves about 8 weeks ago It’s roots are fine and scratch bark it fine But no new leaves what do you think ? Thank you

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

May be that it has shed its leaves in order to put out fresh new leaves. I would put it into a shaded spot away from direct sunlight and see if it recovers.

[@a.dkutzbarber]

@@TheBonsaiGarden Ok will try that seems fine apart from that thank you appreciate you’re help

[@mattbrennan647]

Bench envy doesn’t even begin to describe the feeling. Amazing! Thanks, keep growing

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Cheers. Not bad from a standing start about six years ago. 👍

[@user-lt7hi6dc3o]

Hello Jason Just a quick question from a Danish autodidakt bonsai- and language wrestler ... on your ramshorn juniper ... do you consider the horns part of the ram ification ... 🤔🥴🤓

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

The deadwood features on the trees look like curly horns on a ram, hence the name I gave the tree. I imagine these must have been branches that were grown and wired into place for this purpose, then once set in place the bark was removed to create the curly dead wood. Hope that helps.

[@gaiabonsaicornwall]

I really enjoy the bench tours and seeing all your beautiful trees Jason. A great inspiration for myself. Thank you for sharing 💚

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

My pleasure!

[@drewmorrison7536]

My favorite is pot #7

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Please be sure to comment on the Giveaway video to be in with a chance 👍

[@sueb1317]

Such a lovely tour! Each tree looks more beautiful than the last - impossible to choose a favourite. Thank you so much for reviewing your handling techniques for your wonderful crab apple!! I do love your variety and your experiments. Even if you don't keep all, every species helps improve one's horticultural knowledge and intuition. Your kitten is most entertaining - seems to love being where the action's happening!

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thanks Sue. Always appreciate your thoughtful, considered comments 🙏

[@alandixon7948]

I'll have 1 mate

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Unless you were at the bonsai club on Monday… 🤗

[@skippserrano6771]

I just stumble onto your channel. Quite a collection you have. BTW I’m in Florida. Very impressed by your willingness to experiment and take chances. Wishing you continued success.

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thank you Skipp and welcome to the channel 👍

[@skippserrano6771]

@@TheBonsaiGarden BTW, Jason, where are you located?

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

@skippserrano6771 I’m in Yorkshire in the UK.

[@jonathanaristone2468]

Thanks for the shout out and your comment on your white pine. I must shelter mine, we are having too much rain this spring and you are correct. Please do a video in the White Pine Jason !

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Still one of the best series of tutorials on putting together forests. I will see if I can do something with the pine footage I shot and maybe do a short video on the problem with white pines and rain.

[@TJ-kc8vr]

Loved the tour, so peaceful. You have some amazing trees and pots. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

👍

[@juanita5691]

What a nice collection of trees AND pots! Thanks for showing the bench tour

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

So nice of you Juanita 👍

[@johnpugh5867]

Hi Jason you said you don’t get much sun in your garden my garden is north facing so I have same problem where abouts are you I’m in Kirkby Nottingham

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

I’m about an hours drive north of you

[@mattbrennan647]

Looks like you’re fast approaching 10,000 subscribers. Well deserved I might add. Congrats!

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thank you very much Matt 👍

[@dermo1981]

Thanks Jason. Fab trees, stunning garden and a super video. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

👍

[@viktorsbonsai]

That palm tree oak reminds me of how i see rowan trees, i think of them as northern palm trees 😂, also, you said that contorted hazel wasn’t a good bonsai subject, why? Is it the big leaves or something else in particular?

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

The contorted hazel has massive leaves, though it can look interesting in winter to see the twisted branch structure.

[@viktorsbonsai]

@@TheBonsaiGarden they don’t reduce well i take it?

[@viktorsbonsai]

@@TheBonsaiGarden there is a hazel in particular i’d like to have a go at… near my mom’s apartment there are turkish hazel planted as street trees and I can’t help but glance at them every time I walk past. They have an interesting leaf, the branch angles vary which is super interesting, most importantly tho the bark is super gnarly and flaky, i have to grab a few seeds this autumn

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Just beware that you might be growing it for it’s winter image rather than for when it is in leaf when leaves may be disproportionately large 👍

[@garryfrazer6328]

Wonderful collection of bonsai's

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Thanks a lot

[@jonnyjonbo]

Mate were you having a pee whilst talking to us at like the 41:10 mark?🤔😅✌🏼

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

😄😄🤗 Garden “water feature” 😂😂😂

[@keepingitkoi]

If you don't know what to do with that basket of pots at the end I could take them off your hands 😂

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Too late, they have all gone off to the bonsai club and snapped up 🤗

[@christianschmidt5744]

124 bay 34 st #3.. Brooklyn ,NY 11214😅 .. I’ll pay for shipping.. love the talk. Thank you

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

😂 Sadly cannot ship trees and plants internationally, only pots and tools. Do be sure to check out the 10k giveaway draw though. 😀👍

[@christianschmidt5744]

@@TheBonsaiGarden for sure.. the best . Love your Chanel and trees .. best season to ya

[@TheOnlyKrazykat]

If you've had 2 trees die in the same spot in that forest, I'd say someone is trying to tell you there shouldn't be a tree there...

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Could be. 😳👍

[@TheOnlyKrazykat]

@TheBonsaiGarden I think something that looks like a smaller bush/shrub would look good in that spot... just my opinion though...

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

@TheOnlyKrazykat thanks, I hadn’t considered that.