Thank you for showing your amazing trees, lots of collectors don’t want people to know that some of their trees were bought recently so it is refreshing that you are happy to show trees that you have not had long but you make them your own by studying them make changes to satisfy your creative choices. We look forward to your future videos of the same trees t different periods of the years.
milton you guys have quickly become one of my favorite YT bonsai channels. thank you for sharing all the know how and passion you have. beautiful trees
I really appreciate you sharing your experience with bonsai. Your are a very generous person, you are saving me a lot of mistakes and time. Your insight into the nature of creating bonsai is wonderful. More people would benefit from learning how to do bonsai.
Thank you for the tour of your masterpieces. It was lovely to see your trees. I like your philosophy of going with nature rather than trying to impose our own designs on it. I think it will always be more rewarding to do that rather than fight against it for ever. Best wishes 🇦🇺
I am new into bonsai, I started during confinement of the pandemic. I enjoy every minute of your videos and learning a lot. I have 2 Chinese lions also smaller than yours, since 1998 they have protected me. Keep up your videos, nothing is tedious or boring, thanks again!
Thanks for your passion in the world of bonsia. I don't garden like I used to as MS keeps me close to the house where I can cool off easily. I hate MS. It drains your energy and y😢and you have to be aware of when to quit. Bonsai helps me stay closer to home and I can work on my porch or bring it to the table and work there. I apologize for rambling on your videos are so inspiring that I am sharing this with my brother who is going to make a Bonsia plant stand for my bay window. Thanks again for all you do
I would like to thank you. For sharing your immense knowledge so freely. I would also like to say, that I love the way you can use your "minds eye" and see how things should / could progress. I am not very artistic, and find it to be my down fall in many things. So I always appreciate people who have vision, and creativity to match. Your love for bonsai just oozes and I am grateful. Thank you. Regional NSW Australia 👍
Thank you for such kind words! Bonsai is just one type of art form. I like to call bonsai living art. You can find what works for you. With more practice and patience, you can develop your artistic eye and craft a bonsai to your artistic vision.
Wonderful. I know that I myself will never have such beautiful bonsai and so beautifully displayed, but that does not make me sad. I look forward to looking at your beautiful trees.
What a unique and beautiful collection Sir I can see your personal touch on all of them,very,very unique,thanks for sharing and please keep enlighten us with your knowledge .
I love this kind of explanation of the history of each tree and where you see it going in the future. Each explanation is short but diverse shapes and varieties of trees. Thanks, this is my favorite video so far.
Yes!!!! I personally have been waiting for this video for a while now! What a treat. I enjoyed everything you had to say about all the trees. So inspiring! Thank you!
Incredible. I really appreciate you taking the time to show your garden and collections. These are my favourite videos you have done so far. Thanks so much :)
Thanks for the videos, Milton. You have a great way of teaching and demonstrating your skills yet maintaining humility. I hope your channel continues to grow as well as your plants!
Amazing. Any one of those trees is a prize. I enjoy your review of your work and paths for continuous improvement. You blew my mind when talking about air layering on 100s year old trees. Thanks for the shift in perspective. I would never have considered such an option until this video.
An amazing collection sir! You are quite the caretaker. One of my favorite tools; I bought a Lazy Susan and glued it to a large pot watering dish turned upside down, then attached it to a bench. It allows me to easily view the tree I'm working on from all possible angles with a slow and steady twist without damaging the pot or tree. food for thought. 8)
Very beautiful home you have. The bonsai garden is absolutely amazing and your artifacts that you have collected spread throughout the trees bring you a sense of calm as you describe your styling of each tree. I only wish that some day my trees look as beautiful as yours with grace and poise. It’s a sense of relaxation between you and your trees to become one as you work on them. Thank you for sharing I look forward to seeing your other videos.
You have a terrific collection. Thank you for sharing your work and your knowledge with us. I learn a lot from your videos and find your experience invaluable to improving my own trees.
We have been waiting awhile for this video 😀 What a fantastic collection and possibly the best personal collection visible on social media. Salute to your passion and skills🙏🏽
Awesome trees and your pointing out your redesign possibilities are definitely outstanding. I agree with every air layer. Thanks for sharing you knowledge.
Kudos to you! Absolutely stunning heirlooms - a combination of creative and management talents. Thank you for sharing your extensive & artistic collection! Pls keep the community apprised of the progress of your bonsai heirlooms.
wonderful compilations milton! 👍 your lemonade becomes sweeter and sweeter as the years progress... i enjoy your thought processes. it is so logical and make so much sense to me. i will definitely follow your comments. i plan to eventually break out of dad's "Classic Bonsai Mold" when the time is right. as of now, it's all about respect for dad. looking forward to the next video about creating consistent shorter needles for the Black Pine!👍👍👍
Beautiful collection, I love the stories you have from working with each of your trees. Looking forward to watching your “in progress” courtyard video!
This is beautiful. You’re videos are inspiring and your views on future styling are very pleasing and I can’t wait to see the progression on all your trees . Thank you
Thank you for sharing your collection with us. It's refreshing to find someone with the same mindset as myself, in that the basic rules of bonsai are used and the rest is applying your artistic vision for it, in which there are no rules. Old and new to you, your trees are spectacular and I'm looking forward to the future videos on the trees you are going to work on.
I just watched this again. Such gorgeous trees!! Are your trees always in the shade? I have 2 places I can keep my bonsai trees in my yard. I have direct sun along the back of my house, but I also have a lot of trees over by the back fence. I have very lovely shady spots to keep them. I hope they can live in shade. 25 years ago my husband and I moved our family of 5 from NJ to NC. He had just gotten a job with Ralph so it is a little funny to me that you have the stone tables. 19 years later he was let go because old Ralpie wanted "NEW" talent! There is no employer loyalty anymore. Instead of a nice watch to thank you for 20 years of service, instead they get rid of you at 19 years. Those tables are serving a better purpose now! They look great in your garden. I hope you do another tour like this soon.
I keep all my trees in full sun. Only in partial shade when I did drastic root work. Partial shade is also good for most trees…deep shape is less desirable. Company strives for profit…so we just have to make continuous improvements to renovate. Many people become independent contractors and do well. Wishing you success!
i worked in glass optics for years too. mostly inspecting cutting grinding and polishing lenses. quartz, or boro. on big old machines like blanchards. thanks again milton
Thank you. Even if I don’t comment on every video I enjoy watching everyone. I love learning from experienced bonsai enthusiasts. I don’t know your ethnicity but I see a very different style of bonsai being deployed on your trees that I would call Chinese. Don’t know if that’s right though. I love this dreamy dragon like look and your clip and grow method.
I'm enjoying your videos. They are helping me understand how to approach bonsai in an efficient way. I've got seeds germinating and a eucaliptus tree in a pot waiting for some attention. Maybe I'll have some bonsai one day!
I am 31 and I have been doing bonsai for about 3 years now. I have amassed around 40 trees, several yamadori. I am more along the tropical trees side of the spectrum. I enjoy your channel and philosophies you share. Do you have more tropicals in your collection or do you favor conifers more?
I gave my old bougainvillea to a dear friend, so I do not have any tropical at this point although I have a hughes (about 12 inch across at the base) against a wall. It is incredible when it is in bloom. I use locally available material that are good for our local area (Zone 7). I look to bonsai as a hobby for pleasure, not for challenges. We do have frost here in some years.
New to your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am learning so much and I am excited to try some of your lessons. I have recently retired so I will have time to try and create some of my own hopefully 🙏
@@bonsaiheirloom thank you, one of my favourites is hawthorn. I live in Ireland. You can eat the leaf of our hawthorns, there lovely when they arr only new leafs after coming out out. The older leaf isnt as nice to eat. The hawthorns are everywhere in Ireland. I love the white flower on them and later in the year the red berry looks great too
Hi there! It is always good to start with someone in the know. Then, you have to think about problems/solutions intellectually to transcend what you are taught. Feel free to ask me any other questions you may have and I'll do my best to help!
You have a wonderful bonsai collection. I am relatively new to bonsai but I personally would like a little more foliage on the junipers. Thank you for your many great videos.
A excellent garden and ciolection...definitely something to aspire too, really enjoy you ethos of style thats your own, and make what you feel is right
Fabulous collection, many years of devoted work. I'm surprised you cut back your junipers so hard; I would worry that it would become weak and take years to recover. But very interesting and dramatic structure. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the compliment! I tend to make drastic cuts in order to achieve the design I have in mind. Don't cut off too much, but also don't be afraid to make drastic cuts to create your bonsai.
Nice video Milton, I like your calm approach and explanations. I feel Peter Chan although he does experiments, is much more “do this do that” and has passive micro aggressions to staff and viewers about trees in videos rather than “try this,try that, see how it works out and there could be something interesting” is what I get from you. This channel will grow very quickly
Thank you for sharing your collection. Beautiful trees. I was wondering why you don’t place moss in your pots? Is it because it’s easier to check moisture without it?
I do, but I pay more attention during the wet months here, which will be winter time. Some bonsai I have do have great moss and that’s because they have a little more sandy loam on top with chicken manure pellets. This is a tip if you want your moss green all year round--add a layer of top soil with chicken manure pellets to make it particularly moist!
Your trees on the rock remind me of the trees on Huang Shan Mountain in Anhui Province. I saw a lot of them while climbing the 10,000 steps up to the top where the temple is. I think your trees are influenced stylistically a lot by Penjing, more so than the Japanese Bonsai aesthetic. You don't have any Podocarpus macrophyllus in your collection? They are a very popular Bonsai/Penjing subject in Taiwan. It is too cold for me to keep them here but I imagine they would do well in California.
YES! Precisely! That bonsai was inspired by my memorable trip to Huangshan. An abstract recreation. People miss the point when they criticize the tree as too large relative to the rock…Well, it is an abstraction! You’ve proved my premise. That is what bonsai is all about! :) I do not have Podocarpus although it is a favorite bonsai in Canton and Hong Kong because the name of the tree in Chinese implies a good god. So it is sometimes referred to as a money tree…I only know dollars!
Thank you for sharing your trees. What time of the year is it when the video was made. I want to try some cutting and I was given a couple of trees to dig up. Thing is I have to get em in the ne t 2 weeks or they get bulldozed. I live 8n the central valley. It's been hot. How would you suggest I do .
Thank you for sharing. You have a really nice philosophy on Bonsai. As a small point of critique, your trees look very dry. You have explained about the clogging of the drip lines and it seems that this is the case with a lot of them. Nevertheless, thank you for the video!
The soil may appear dry on top, but is always kept moist where the roots are. The drip line will only water the spot where the holes are…and that may be the reason the soil appears dry on the surface. Then, the moisture spreads out by osmosis down the pot. The proof is in the pudding. If you are referring to the tree itself, my bonsai grows very quickly, filled with leaves 4-6 weeks after severe clipping. This is my subtractive-and-additive clipping technique. That has worked well for me. What you see are usually soon after pruning so they look tidy.
I love your more natural approach to bonsai. Otherwise it is more like pleaching or espalier techniques where the trees are forced to conform rather than encouraged to find their true nature..
How do you make the trunks the way they are? They look like they’ve been struck by lightning. The one that you’ve had the longest looks like it’s been cut open and a branch pushed into the hole 13:43
Thank you! To create that contrast in the bark, I create jins (deadwood) by peeling off the outer layer of bark. In an upcoming video, I will show you how to create that "lightning" look on a Hatanaka Juniper. Please stay tuned!
Just wondering is all that dead wood part of the actual tree or is the trees inter twined with old dead wood from collected the forest or local scrub land 🙏
Hi ! I'm new in hobby ! I'm never been grown anything because I live in small condo ! When I watched your video and I saw answers a lot questions to helpful people ! My question is can I use fish emulsion fertilizer feed to japan maple tree? Because someone said they're not recommend fish emulsion feed japan maple (why ) ?thanks - have a Best Regards
@@bonsaiheirloom- someone said fish emulsions have salt and salt is not good for Japan maple tree ! Is it correct Sir ? Thanks for reading my comments ! I wish you have a wonderful day - Sir
Hi mister Chang,I would never try to tell you anything about bonsai,most people don’t have trees like yours and probably never will.this is why Tony’s bonsai in england is so popular.he works on young trees ,and we can relate to that because we have the the same trees.we follow him through the stages of bonsai.
I love the idea that you would like us to identify with your trees in such a way and sip from your lemonade while watching.
Thank you for showing your amazing trees, lots of collectors don’t want people to know that some of their trees were bought recently so it is refreshing that you are happy to show trees that you have not had long but you make them your own by studying them make changes to satisfy your creative choices. We look forward to your future videos of the same trees t different periods of the years.
Thanks for the support, Joe!
milton you guys have quickly become one of my favorite YT bonsai channels. thank you for sharing all the know how and passion you have. beautiful trees
So glad to hear that. Thank you for your kind words!
I really appreciated your memory of that trip which you cherish so much in your heart
Thank you, it was a wonderful trip!
I really appreciate you sharing your experience with bonsai. Your are a very generous person, you are saving me a lot of mistakes and time. Your insight into the nature of creating bonsai is wonderful. More people would benefit from learning how to do bonsai.
I often come back to this video just to enjoy the tour. I really hope you do another tour video this year before the season is over.
Beautiful. Love your garden and your bonsais. Thanks for sharing.
Love your bonsai videos and your philosophy of life…. Thank you so much of enlightening me.
I appreciate your kind words. Thank you so much for watching!
Thank you for the tour of your masterpieces. It was lovely to see your trees. I like your philosophy of going with nature rather than trying to impose our own designs on it. I think it will always be more rewarding to do that rather than fight against it for ever.
Best wishes 🇦🇺
Thank you and great takeaway from my video! That is how I like to design my trees--to emulate nature.
Great tour of your trees and very creative. TY
I am new into bonsai, I started during confinement of the pandemic. I enjoy every minute of your videos and learning a lot. I have 2 Chinese lions also smaller than yours, since 1998 they have protected me. Keep up your videos, nothing is tedious or boring, thanks again!
Wonderful! I bet your Chinese lions look great in your yard. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for your passion in the world of bonsia. I don't garden like I used to as MS keeps me close to the house where I can cool off easily. I hate MS. It drains your energy and y😢and you have to be aware of when to quit. Bonsai helps me stay closer to home and I can work on my porch or bring it to the table and work there. I apologize for rambling on your videos are so inspiring that I am sharing this with my brother who is going to make a Bonsia plant stand for my bay window. Thanks again for all you do
Don't apologize, thank you for sharing your story! Bonsai truly is a wonderful hobby and can help different people in different ways.
I would like to thank you. For sharing your immense knowledge so freely.
I would also like to say, that I love the way you can use your "minds eye" and see how things should / could progress.
I am not very artistic, and find it to be my down fall in many things. So I always appreciate people who have vision, and creativity to match.
Your love for bonsai just oozes and I am grateful.
Thank you.
Regional NSW Australia 👍
Thank you for such kind words! Bonsai is just one type of art form. I like to call bonsai living art. You can find what works for you. With more practice and patience, you can develop your artistic eye and craft a bonsai to your artistic vision.
Thank you soo much for showing us your wonderful collection. I surely learnt a lot.
I'm glad! It was my pleasure to share this with you.
Wonderful.
I know that I myself will never have such beautiful bonsai and so beautifully displayed, but that does not make me sad. I look forward to looking at your beautiful trees.
Thanks for your kind words. It took me many years to get to this point. Keep going!
Thank you...I love your heart and your spirit. Truly, one of a kind,,!!!😊
Wow, thank you for the kind words!
Your trees are so beautiful I love the way you explain things
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy my videos!
Truly an absolutely amazing collection of trees thank you for shbring
Thank you so much!
Thiss channel has so much quality, I can't even describe it. Thank you so much for your work and your videos
Thanks for the kind words! It means a lot!
Wow, thank you! I appreciate your kinds words so much!
Amazing collection of trees and statues with wonderful stories to go along with each one. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
What a unique and beautiful collection Sir I can see your personal touch on all of them,very,very unique,thanks for sharing and please keep enlighten us with your knowledge .
I appreciate your kind words. Thank you so much for watching!
A wonderful Tour with your old trees in your garden. And you explain wonderful.Thank you.
Really enjoy your videos, Mr Chang! Please keep making them!
Great stuff. Been looking forward to a tour... but please...give us a smile! :)
Thanks for watching!
Fabulous figurine you can feel through the lense the love and harmony 😎Dennis
You have a wonderful collection. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching and supporting!
I love this kind of explanation of the history of each tree and where you see it going in the future. Each explanation is short but diverse shapes and varieties of trees. Thanks, this is my favorite video so far.
Thank you for the compliment! Your support means a lot!
Yes!!!! I personally have been waiting for this video for a while now! What a treat. I enjoyed everything you had to say about all the trees. So inspiring! Thank you!
Yes, this video has been highly requested and I'm glad it's finally here for you all to enjoy! Thank you for watching, Shane!
Incredible. I really appreciate you taking the time to show your garden and collections. These are my favourite videos you have done so far. Thanks so much :)
Thank you for your kind words!
Amazing! I’m young just starting in bonsai it’s great seeing what all that time and patience and dedication turns into. Thank you!
Thanks for the videos, Milton. You have a great way of teaching and demonstrating your skills yet maintaining humility. I hope your channel continues to grow as well as your plants!
Thank you, I appreciate that!
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Amazing. Any one of those trees is a prize. I enjoy your review of your work and paths for continuous improvement. You blew my mind when talking about air layering on 100s year old trees. Thanks for the shift in perspective. I would never have considered such an option until this video.
An amazing collection sir! You are quite the caretaker. One of my favorite tools; I bought a Lazy Susan and glued it to a large pot watering dish turned upside down, then attached it to a bench. It allows me to easily view the tree I'm working on from all possible angles with a slow and steady twist without damaging the pot or tree. food for thought. 8)
Sounds excellent! I also use a rotating table to see my bonsai from all angles.
I enjoyed this very much! Thank you for your videos .
Very beautiful home you have.
The bonsai garden is absolutely amazing and your artifacts that you have collected spread throughout the trees bring you a sense of calm as you describe your styling of each tree.
I only wish that some day my trees look as beautiful as yours with grace and poise.
It’s a sense of relaxation between you and your trees to become one as you work on them.
Thank you for sharing I look forward to seeing your other videos.
You have a terrific collection. Thank you for sharing your work and your knowledge with us. I learn a lot from your videos and find your experience invaluable to improving my own trees.
Thank you for your kind words and support! Keep going! Best of luck to you and your bonsai.
The Tibet experience you had sounds fantastic wow.
Yes :)
We have been waiting awhile for this video 😀 What a fantastic collection and possibly the best personal collection visible on social media. Salute to your passion and skills🙏🏽
Thank you so much! I apreciate you taking the time to watch it and leaving such kind words.
I’m so glad to have found your channel. You are probably the best out there my friend
That means a lot to me. Thank you for the support!
@@bonsaiheirloom thank you for the knowledge you share! You’ve created a great community here!
👍👍 thank you for the tour. Outstanding
My pleasure!
Awesome trees and your pointing out your redesign possibilities are definitely outstanding. I agree with every air layer. Thanks for sharing you knowledge.
Thank you! There's always room to improve and I thought it would be fun to critique my own trees with you all!
Kudos to you!
Absolutely stunning heirlooms - a combination of creative and management talents.
Thank you for sharing your extensive & artistic collection!
Pls keep the community apprised of the progress of your bonsai heirlooms.
I will! Thanks for your support!
Thank you for the tour you have some beautiful specimens! It would be great to see follow up tours in the future to see your progress.
Definitely! I plan to do updated tours each season so you can see how the trees progress.
wonderful compilations milton! 👍
your lemonade becomes sweeter and sweeter as the years progress...
i enjoy your thought processes. it is so logical and make so much sense to me. i will definitely follow your comments.
i plan to eventually break out of dad's "Classic Bonsai Mold" when the time is right. as of now, it's all about respect for dad.
looking forward to the next video about creating consistent shorter needles for the Black Pine!👍👍👍
Hi Curt, good to see you in my comment section! Thanks for sharing--sounds like a good plan! Best of luck to you and your bonsai.
Beautiful collection, I love the stories you have from working with each of your trees. Looking forward to watching your “in progress” courtyard video!
Thank you for watching! Stay tuned for more videos soon!
This is beautiful. You’re videos are inspiring and your views on future styling are very pleasing and I can’t wait to see the progression on all your trees . Thank you
Thank you so much!
Proud to be part of your community..
Happy to have you here!
Keep it up Milton, your videos are a pleasure.
Thanks, will do!
That Juniper has beautiful potential.
Glad you see it!
you have beautiful trees thanks for the video.
You are always looking to the future brilliant 😎Dennis
Beautiful bonsaigarden Thanks very much
Thank you!
very beautyful trees you own
Thank you for sharing your collection with us. It's refreshing to find someone with the same mindset as myself, in that the basic rules of bonsai are used and the rest is applying your artistic vision for it, in which there are no rules. Old and new to you, your trees are spectacular and I'm looking forward to the future videos on the trees you are going to work on.
Thanks you for your kind words and for sharing your bonsai mindset! I love the community we are building here!
I just watched this again. Such gorgeous trees!! Are your trees always in the shade? I have 2 places I can keep my bonsai trees in my yard. I have direct sun along the back of my house, but I also have a lot of trees over by the back fence. I have very lovely shady spots to keep them. I hope they can live in shade. 25 years ago my husband and I moved our family of 5 from NJ to NC. He had just gotten a job with Ralph so it is a little funny to me that you have the stone tables. 19 years later he was let go because old Ralpie wanted "NEW" talent! There is no employer loyalty anymore. Instead of a nice watch to thank you for 20 years of service, instead they get rid of you at 19 years. Those tables are serving a better purpose now! They look great in your garden. I hope you do another tour like this soon.
I keep all my trees in full sun. Only in partial shade when I did drastic root work. Partial shade is also good for most trees…deep shape is less desirable.
Company strives for profit…so we just have to make continuous improvements to renovate. Many people become independent contractors and do well. Wishing you success!
Great you tube channel. I appreciate your honesty and knowledge. You have some beautiful trees.
Beautiful works, I like the bonsai on the rock
Thanks!
love your collection ,impressive. love your videos thank you
Thank you for the compliment!
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for watching!
i worked in glass optics for years too. mostly inspecting cutting grinding and polishing lenses. quartz, or boro. on big old machines like blanchards. thanks again milton
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely beautiful very beautiful 👍
Thank you. Even if I don’t comment on every video I enjoy watching everyone. I love learning from experienced bonsai enthusiasts. I don’t know your ethnicity but I see a very different style of bonsai being deployed on your trees that I would call Chinese. Don’t know if that’s right though. I love this dreamy dragon like look and your clip and grow method.
Thank you for watching!
Lovely trees.
Thank you! Cheers!
I'm enjoying your videos. They are helping me understand how to approach bonsai in an efficient way. I've got seeds germinating and a eucaliptus tree in a pot waiting for some attention. Maybe I'll have some bonsai one day!
Sounds like greta progress so far! Keep us updated!
You have taught me a lot. Thank you.
Thank you, your support means a lot to me!
I am 31 and I have been doing bonsai for about 3 years now. I have amassed around 40 trees, several yamadori. I am more along the tropical trees side of the spectrum. I enjoy your channel and philosophies you share. Do you have more tropicals in your collection or do you favor conifers more?
I gave my old bougainvillea to a dear friend, so I do not have any tropical at this point although I have a hughes (about 12 inch across at the base) against a wall. It is incredible when it is in bloom. I use locally available material that are good for our local area (Zone 7). I look to bonsai as a hobby for pleasure, not for challenges. We do have frost here in some years.
Never feel like making a long video will bore us! I saved this video so I can finish it later.
That's good to know! Thank you :)
beautiful video that I have been waiting for a while, thanks Dr.Chang
Yes, this video has been a long time coming!
New to your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am learning so much and I am excited to try some of your lessons. I have recently retired so I will have time to try and create some of my own hopefully 🙏
Welcome! I'm excited for you to start your bonsai journey! Feel free to ask me any questions you may have.
Thank you for the tour.
Hello. I am Parul from India. Like it how you touch the basics and philosophy of going with nature like clip and grow and many more. Thank you.
Thank you! I'm always happy to share what I've learned from trial and error over the past 50 years of doing bonsai :)
Hi parul ur india..i am also...india Namaste🙏 🌱🙏
Thank you . Bonsai is beautiful 😊😂
Thank you for your kind words!
Amazing collection of bonsai. I've started doing bonsai a few years ago. I've killed quite a few trees, and I'm learning.
I started out the same way. I got to where I am today through trial and error. Keep going and best wishes!
Enjoyed the video, love the hawthorn in the video. Do you have many hawthorn bonsai
I have just a couple. I will do more English Hawthorn…much more colorful flowers. :)
@@bonsaiheirloom thank you, one of my favourites is hawthorn. I live in Ireland. You can eat the leaf of our hawthorns, there lovely when they arr only new leafs after coming out out. The older leaf isnt as nice to eat. The hawthorns are everywhere in Ireland. I love the white flower on them and later in the year the red berry looks great too
Can one become as good as Dr. Chang in the art of bonsai, by self-taught? or is it necessary especially at the beginning to rely on a master?
good question for Milton's Q&A
Hi there! It is always good to start with someone in the know. Then, you have to think about problems/solutions intellectually to transcend what you are taught. Feel free to ask me any other questions you may have and I'll do my best to help!
I am a new subscriber, your Bonsai is very interesting, thank you for sharing 👍👋
Welcome! Thanks for your support!
You have a wonderful bonsai collection.
I am relatively new to bonsai but I personally would like a little more foliage on the junipers.
Thank you for your many great videos.
Bansoi sir.. u have displayed nice and beautiful unique collection of plants...🌱👍
I appreciate your kind words. Thank you for watching!
A excellent garden and ciolection...definitely something to aspire too, really enjoy you ethos of style thats your own, and make what you feel is right
Many thanks!
Fabulous collection, many years of devoted work. I'm surprised you cut back your junipers so hard; I would worry that it would become weak and take years to recover. But very interesting and dramatic structure. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the compliment! I tend to make drastic cuts in order to achieve the design I have in mind. Don't cut off too much, but also don't be afraid to make drastic cuts to create your bonsai.
Nice video Milton, I like your calm approach and explanations. I feel Peter Chan although he does experiments, is much more “do this do that” and has passive micro aggressions to staff and viewers about trees in videos rather than “try this,try that, see how it works out and there could be something interesting” is what I get from you.
This channel will grow very quickly
Lovely
Very nice video
Amazing
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you for sharing your collection. Beautiful trees. I was wondering why you don’t place moss in your pots? Is it because it’s easier to check moisture without it?
I do, but I pay more attention during the wet months here, which will be winter time. Some bonsai I have do have great moss and that’s because they have a little more sandy loam on top with chicken manure pellets.
This is a tip if you want your moss green all year round--add a layer of top soil with chicken manure pellets to make it particularly moist!
I like your presentation
I appreciate that! Thank you!
Your trees on the rock remind me of the trees on Huang Shan Mountain in Anhui Province. I saw a lot of them while climbing the 10,000 steps up to the top where the temple is. I think your trees are influenced stylistically a lot by Penjing, more so than the Japanese Bonsai aesthetic. You don't have any Podocarpus macrophyllus in your collection? They are a very popular Bonsai/Penjing subject in Taiwan. It is too cold for me to keep them here but I imagine they would do well in California.
YES! Precisely! That bonsai was inspired by my memorable trip to Huangshan. An abstract recreation. People miss the point when they criticize the tree as too large relative to the rock…Well, it is an abstraction! You’ve proved my premise. That is what bonsai is all about! :)
I do not have Podocarpus although it is a favorite bonsai in Canton and Hong Kong because the name of the tree in Chinese implies a good god. So it is sometimes referred to as a money tree…I only know dollars!
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Thank you for sharing your trees. What time of the year is it when the video was made. I want to try some cutting and I was given a couple of trees to dig up. Thing is I have to get em in the ne t 2 weeks or they get bulldozed. I live 8n the central valley. It's been hot. How would you suggest I do .
You have no choice but to do it now….Cut back branches to be compatible with the amount of root you can save.
Thank you for sharing. You have a really nice philosophy on Bonsai.
As a small point of critique, your trees look very dry. You have explained about the clogging of the drip lines and it seems that this is the case with a lot of them.
Nevertheless, thank you for the video!
The soil may appear dry on top, but is always kept moist where the roots are. The drip line will only water the spot where the holes are…and that may be the reason the soil appears dry on the surface. Then, the moisture spreads out by osmosis down the pot. The proof is in the pudding.
If you are referring to the tree itself, my bonsai grows very quickly, filled with leaves 4-6 weeks after severe clipping. This is my subtractive-and-additive clipping technique. That has worked well for me. What you see are usually soon after pruning so they look tidy.
Is the nursery you talk about in Anaheim the House of Bonsai? I have bought several trees from them and they are always so kind.
Mr and Mrs. Hatanaka are long gone. I can’t remember the name of there nursery if there is any…this is about 45 years ago when I visited.
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I love your more natural approach to bonsai. Otherwise it is more like pleaching or espalier techniques where the trees are forced to conform rather than encouraged to find their true nature..
Thanks! My philosophy is to always emulate nature and allow the trees to grow naturally as I'm shaping it towards my vision.
How do you make the trunks the way they are? They look like they’ve been struck by lightning.
The one that you’ve had the longest looks like it’s been cut open and a branch pushed into the hole 13:43
Thank you! To create that contrast in the bark, I create jins (deadwood) by peeling off the outer layer of bark. In an upcoming video, I will show you how to create that "lightning" look on a Hatanaka Juniper. Please stay tuned!
Just wondering is all that dead wood part of the actual tree or is the trees inter twined with old dead wood from collected the forest or local scrub land 🙏
The deadwood parts are the original branches that have died off…they become "Jin."
Nice garden
Thank you! And thank you so much for watching!
Your very great teacher and you have lots of great trees I enjoy watching your videos bonsai trees
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Hi ! I'm new in hobby ! I'm never been grown anything because I live in small condo ! When I watched your video and I saw answers a lot questions to helpful people ! My question is can I use fish emulsion fertilizer feed to japan maple tree? Because someone said they're not recommend fish emulsion feed japan maple (why ) ?thanks - have a Best Regards
Maple would love fish emulsion!
@@bonsaiheirloom- someone said fish emulsions have salt and salt is not good for Japan maple tree ! Is it correct Sir ? Thanks for reading my comments ! I wish you have a wonderful day - Sir
I have to go find a place where I’d be allowed to dig up some old trees. Mine are all mame babies.
Hi mister Chang,I would never try to tell you anything about bonsai,most people don’t have trees like yours and probably never will.this is why Tony’s bonsai in england is so popular.he works on young trees ,and we can relate to that because we have the the same trees.we follow him through the stages of bonsai.