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Hosted by Eastern Leaf Founder and Bonsai Artist: Jason Chan. Instagram/Twitter: @jasonmarkchan Jason has been doing bonsai for over 12 years. He is the founder of Eastern Leaf. He is also a founding member of Bonsai Jidai, Southern California's premier school of bonsai. He serves on the board of the Golden State Bonsai Federation as a district trustee and is also the Editor for the official magazine of the Golden State Bonsai Federation.
Jason holds basic beginner classes at the Eastern Leaf nursery for new enthusiasts. For more information, please call us at 1-888-684-8377.
It’s really nice to see the nursery and how far you’ve come. I’ve only been doing Bonsai for a couple of years, but I’m about to take my first real curated Bonsai that my wife brought from you, through it’s 2nd winter here in Asheville, NC. It’s still beautiful, a really nice Chinese Elm that I’m glad to say survived Hurricane Helene. We were without water for over a couple of weeks, but fortunately had access to a stream below our road. I had to get lots of water for flushing as well as all my trees. Didn’t lose any tree, and now we’re getting our first frost and freeze warnings tonight. I love the tree, and appreciate the education you’ve provided in your various RU-vid videos. Continued success for the future, and Thanks!
Happy Anniversary Jason and many more years to come. Sir Have you Thought of a Quarantine Nursery in the Back Area To Bring pre Bonsai Trees from Japan ? Last can you sell those Black Pine at the 3:25 time? Peace Be With You and May Mother Nature Be Kind to You. Gory
Wow,,I have been watching ur videos for a while now,,and I'm so Impressed,,I jst love ur progress and success in the Bonsai world,,Congratulations,,I'm learning so much from ur videos and a few others,,keep up the Great works...
Congratulations on 20 years. haven't been to the new location looking forward to checking it out. I brother-in-law gifted me a Chinese Elm 7 years ago from the Chino location and glad to say it's still thriving. thanks so much for all you do for the community cheers
Looks like you have some room for field growing! Congrats though man! I remember, not too long ago, you had some thieves come into your place and take some Important trees/ do some damage. Nice to see how much you’ve bounced back from that.
All is beautiful and peaceful, great espécimen and grand location. Is amazing what you both have done! Wishing you all the luck growth and health to you and yours for the next 20. Ricardo
Yes indeed. Very informative and enlightening. As the saying goes: “keep it simple and short” to the overall design of the primary feature, such as the bonsai or other object being displayed. Ah yes, simple and uncluttered. Great information. Thank you.
Seems to me, that, instead of trimming a very much leaning tree, a re-potting with the trunk in an upward positioning would make for a more visually pleasing tree.
Thank you this was very helpful. This weekend i will be entering my bonsai in show for the first time. My local bonsai club members really want to see my work in person. I'm nervous as I don't fair well with crowds or judgemental actions. I'm sure I'll do fine, I'm not in it for anything but to give other beginners some inspiration.
These rules make sense and they lead to beautiful displays. But bonsai plants are part of our lives and should be enjoyed in all different ways. To me it is exhausting to always see bonsai trees presented in certain ways in public exhibition. It is boring, uninspiring and most importantly unnecessary. Of course there is a lot to be learned from these traditional rules. Especially the concerns for simplicity, thoughtful pairing, scaling and directionality of the objects are very valid. They are design guidelines that apply to many different cases of interior design including, but not limited to, bonsai displays.
The jade automatically forces my eyes to the right, because of the primary/first branch so I feel like any kind of accent should be in that direction. It’s looks funny having the tree flow to the right and everything else, be on the left. It was killing me. lol thanks for the content, Jason!!
Thanks for sharing! One thing I found is that akadama is hot garbage when used too much in wetter climates. In that case I’d probably go for lava, pumice and pine bark for an organic component, to help with the micro ecosystem in the pot. I would only akadama for younger plants or plants that need a more moist environment. But like you said: this all depends on climate and the needs of your trees.
Great video I know it's old but I bought a chinese elm from you guys last winter. Should I repot into better soil even if the roots haven't filled the pot
Hi Jason, very pleased w/bonsai chinese elm you sent. 2 points: soil composition? Noticed plant moisture very high. How often to water & about how much for zone 9b. Also, the branch that follows trunk down into soil. Should I clip? Thanks, Dick Britt
Hi Jason, does eastern leaf sell junipers in the can like that one there, sorta pre pre bonsai but more mature than a little juniper. If so hoe do i go about buying them. All the places ive checked wont ship to california. Also do you have a nursery i could go to to look at trees for sale or is it all online. Thank you. Great content.
Great bonsai content but you should watch your own video. “Right here” “ here” “right there” “ there” it drives me crazy Count how many times you say those words in each video
