Making Bonsai from a Boxwood Hedge!
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- Boxwood is a great bonsai starter material because it's so accessible, especially if you have a boxwood hedge in your yard. It's also a very hardy tree so it's perfect if you're a beginner! Today, I'll walk you through the steps of making the first cuts to turn this boxwood tree into a bonsai. Let's go!
0:00 Introduction
1:37 Cracked design
2:11 Roots & soil
3:36 Sawing off the roots
5:32 The first clipping
9:52 Analyzing the design
10:53 Potting
11:00 Summary of techniques
11:48 Example boxwood
Videos Mentioned:
- Designing a Bonsai from a Boxwood Garden Tree: • Designing a Bonsai fro...
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I like Boxwood for bonsai. Ever since I found one bare rooted and with about a dozen good leaves on a compost pile, I have been having great success in bringing it back to life. Dry bare roots filled a a 5 gallon bucket. Soaked roots in the bucket, then into a “large” plant box. And in 3 years stepping the pot size down to its current pot - a 12” mica drum pot. It is still slowly adding oodles more leaves and new branches. Thank you for this video. Looking forward to followup videos on these two bonsai.
Thanks for sharing, Jeff! Sounds like it's going great! Maybe your process will help others in this community with their boxwood bonsai :)
Your videos are awesome sir !!!
Thank you for your sharing of knowledge.
I love using box for bonsai you can do a lot to it and will thrive quickly so you can create the style you are working to in a short time, Thank you for the video.
Very true!
My mom has a whole row of boxwoods from 1956. I need some rectangular pots for my Bonsai. Hopefully your store will be open soon. I used toowork in the fields of Pescadero when, I was a boy. It sure was cold in the morning. Can’t wait too visit you…..❤❤❤
Sounds like you have some good material to work with!
keep up the great work. I like your style and I have to adapt your knowledge to PA weather.
Thank you! I'm glad you're taking the information and adjusting it to fit your area's temperature!
Nice information
Thank you for sharing tips bonsai👍👍🙏
Thanks for visiting!
Very good
Can hardly wait for the raffle Milton thank you for teaching us through your You Tube Channel my dream is to someday be a Bonsai Master like you😊
Giveaway raffle announcement coming this Sunday! :) Thank you for your support!
Always supporting you, all thumbs up Mr. Milton. Always watching your videos
OMG, I'm wondering how old these boxwoods are ? It must take quite a number of years to reach that size
This one is about 25 years old...planted when we built our home. The big one from my previous video is 24+20 years, close to 50 years old.
I need help. I am fairly new to practicing Bonsai. I am using nursery stock shrubs, like a Boxwood or a Juniper. I’ve read a lot about Bonsai, what you are supposed to cut, what to leave, and I have watched a lot of videos, but by the time I get finished I’m pretty much left with a bare stick for a tree. I’m missing something or I’m just not understanding the art. Can you give me any suggestions or pointers or anything? I love Bonsai and I want to be successful, but I feel like all I do is destroy shrubs. I’m frustrated, but I don’t want to quit trying because I love Bonsai so much, but I also don’t want to continue destroying perfectly good shrubs because I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. Thank you, and I love your videos. You make it look so simple. Why can’t I do it?
May I suggest you join a local bonsai club so that you can get the basics first? Or plow through my videos and test out the techniques I share. Nothing come easy, you have to put effort to learn. If you have any specific questions, you can email me at hello@bonsaiheirloom.com and I will do my best to help! I killed a lot of trees when I first started doing bonsai, so you shouldn't feel discouraged. Keep going!
@@bonsaiheirloom Thank you so much. I will check into a local bonsai club. Hadn’t thought of that. And I always watch your videos. Thank you for sharing.
@@donnanelson9181 I will also address this your concerns in my upcoming Q&A so please stay tuned for that video!
@@bonsaiheirloom oh, thank you so much! I love your videos. You literally work magic when you create. And all the trees you have growing on your property must be a constant source of joy and peace. A lot of work, but I’m sure a lot of joy, too. It’s so beautiful where you live.
Hello Mr. Milton. What type of electric saw do you recommend and use? I think its about time I purchase one. Thank you.
Look for the feature that you can start sawing at low speed, and speed up when you press hard. They are all good.
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What time of year is ok for digging them up out of the ground?
Spring is the best, late fall second best--actually at any time before it gets too hot is fine. Always cut back branches to compensate for root loss.
Do boxwood grow in winter?
Not much, I suppose. Japanese boxwood does turn yellow, which recovers quickly when it warms up.