3 Best Bonsai Trees for Beginners - Which Bonsai Tree Should I Get? 

Hi Daniel can I ask what apple trees you have grown and did you take cuttings of the cherry tree? I would love you try both of them. 🙂

no i dug the two cherry seedlings out of the ground during the spring when they were about 3 inches tall. and as for the apples. i have no clue. i just grew them from seeds i got from store bought apples.

Do they really bloom pink? That’s awesome!

@@dannyred5921 how big are the trees now

That sounds neat and and pretty unique

Thanks, I neglected to write the names anywhere 🤦‍♂️🙏

Looking forward to the portolucaria jade video!

Great! I’ll be filming it at the weekend, might take up to two weeks to edit and upload though 😁

Thanks for the response

What about Ficus Retusa?

All good

I have a holly like that. My neighbor pulled some out with a truck last fall. I tried saving 2 but only 1 survived. It looked terrible all winter. The survivor is in a shallow plastic tote. I hope I can put it in a training pot but I'm worried about the roots. It has long thick roots but I don't know about finer roots closer to the trunk. But the foliage came back and it looks healthy. It has an interesting gnarly trunk from being decades in a yard. I'm about to move from NC to FL and I want to take it with me. Down there I'll keep ficus, jade, and other tropical trees. I recommend people start with ficus microcarpa, not benjamina. Microcarpa can survive more pruning and it back buds much more reliably. A benji with no leaves on a branch will lose the branch. That's my experience at least.

Not to mention you can use yaupon for tea

I just started my bonsai journey and the 2nd 'tree" I bought was a Bordeaux Yaupon Holly. It's small but I love it.

Thanks for the recommendation 🙏

Same here! Just started a weeping willow cutting and I'm planning on getting my hands on a Siberian Elm to practice on. I also have birch seedlings.

Aww thanks Tom that’s so Kind

Thanks Dan, didn’t think of privet. Cheers

Definitely, very rewarding species! Thanks for watching 👍

Absolutely, such a calm, rewarding hobby 🙏

How are you?

@@sasikanthmynampati158 I'm doing ok! How are you?

Privet, yes great suggestion!

And indestructible! I collected mine from the front yard after it got mowed several times. It was a volunteer from somewhere in the neighborhood. The ground is terrible, hard clayey suburban fill crap. I dug it up and potted it. It grew lovely branches in a couple months. Over the winter, I kept the pot covered in mulch close to the ground and the local groundhog ate all bit the trunk. The next summer, it was back to the state it was in the summer before. I neglected to water it and it became bone dry. A few leaves yellowed and dropped. I watered it once and it bounced right back. Three years and counting, it it doing great!

Ficus is being mentioned a lot, I think I should have added it in! Thanks

Happy to help, enjoy the ride 🙂

That’s great! Thanks for watching

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for sharing those, very helpful

Cotoneaster horizontalis (Rockspray Cotoneaster) makes an excellent bonsai styled in all forms except formal upright. I have about 8 - 10 of them none over 4.5" tall. I grew them as minature trees on the upturned top of my water barrel. The trees are about thirty years old now. BTW they looked pretty at a couple or three years old. Spring - Clothed in light green leaves turning darker as summer aproaches, also festooned in pink/white flowers (bees love em). Summer - Clothed in a dark green foliage and green berries appear. Autumn/Fall - Her gown now turns a magnificent scarlet and her berries match (Blackbirds love em too). Winter - She stands naked with only her berries remaining to cover her dignity (At least the ones the birds didn't get). I also have a 30 year old Cotonearter horizontalis styled as a semi cascade which stands at about 8 - 9" high and about 12" wide from the trunk to the branch tip. My other bonsai are various Japanese maples, various Pines, Junipers. A Horse chestnut. Privets. Larches and Ficus'. Ranging in height from 3 inches to 18 inches, 3 feet (Pines and Larch) to 6 feet in its pot (Japanese Maple orange dream).

Good shout 👍

Thanks for writing, I don’t have any bougainvillea but they are beautiful

Gro Bonsai im a beginner.. what orther term for that plant? i have only bougainvillea for my starter in keeping bonsai.. thats why my watching different bonsai videos to learn more about bonsai😁😁 thank you for replying in my comment

I’m not sure of other terms for bougainvillea. Thanks 🙏

Jeez, I don’t think we could even get a native plant for one pound, not to mention two!

Nice I love them and thanks for telling us about the view and use in the homeland :)

That is awesome! I'm so envious

Yes indeed!

I just got my first juniper and I’m super nervous to take care of it, I have a deck that’s south/southeast facing and I am scared that I’m going to kill it. It’s a 4IN bonsai tree and I am scared to keep it outside because I didn’t know I was supposed to tie it to the pot with wire and I don’t want the wind to kill it. Please help 😭

BE THE TRUTH thanks for watching

Let's goooo!

Very tough, but not easy due to the coarseness, but definitely a great species. What is the botanical name of the wild cherry? Is it P. avium?

Yes it is p, avium

I can definitely relate to that, Luis

No there not. They have to get cold in the winter without freezing them.

@@waterlife5708 maybe you're right, we don't have winter here in my country. so far my bonsai is just maintained really good. I will move to a four season country soon maybe I will watch out. Thanks mate

Great point and great list, thanks

Very interesting to hear of your success, thanks

Thanks, sorry for the late reply!

juniper trees would probably do great

hehe making youtube videos is a constant experiment :)

Yes, thanks

I'm very envious!

Eternity hi, I don’t have any ficus due to lack of space for over winter. Thanks for writing

Thanks so much for supporting the channel

Privet is a great species, good call thanks

Firstly, it's nice to support the bonsai growers, especially the smaller ones. Material can be found at pretty much and garden centre, the quality will vary and you will need to buy a pot/wire too if using them

Me too!!

Great to hear! Thanks for writing and good luck with your Jade

Appreciate it!! Thanks bro

That is so inspiring, not only that you manage to keep some trees alive in the harsh climate, but also the bond you have with your historical sagebrush. Up to now I’ve been in love with the process more than individual trees. I do have a humble little Berberis that I’m fond of, my big Chinese elm, Hornbeam. Each time I work with them I become more attached. Thanks for the suggestion, it has given me lots to think about

@@Heritagiusthanks for your advice. I live in the basement part of my apartment complex under a balcony so plenty of shade. I changed my soil to a mixture of used coffee grounds and crushed sea shalls with a bit of lava rock crushed and red sand. Was definitely a turn around. As for pot size they weren't the issue. As for my sagebrush, It has red sand stone rocks on the bottom of the pot then a cactus and succulent high drainage soil. On top layer is vast scenery of red sandstone just as if you were to find in the area I found it. It tells me when to water as its dark when soil is moist, and lighter when needed to hydrate my plant. Its in a additional pot that collects the run out water using vapor to hydrate it. Also to add extra protection from extreme heat and freezing temperatures.

Thanks for watching

Hi from the UK!

Great tip, thank you

Do you have a Ginkgo Bonsai? I have a small Ginkgo tree but not sure how easy or hard it is to groom them

@@marietta8807 I do, yes, two even: one single trunk, very stubby that one, and one multi-trunk, a bit in a flame like shape. They are easy to keep and maintain. They haven't survived millions of years by being picky about their environment. After new shoots have formed in spring, eventually they slow down growing late spring/early summer. You can prune those shoot back to two or three leaves, with the last leaf pointing in the direction where you want the branch to grow to next season. :)

@@Tiger313NL well the problem is mine is growing like a palm tree. So very straight and only 4 to 6 leaves on top... I wouldn't even know where to cut it to be honest!

@@marietta8807 Is it a young tree? Does it not have any branches yet?

@@Tiger313NL 4 or 5 years I think. No it does not have any branches. Basically looks like a palm

Good luck

Thanks for watching

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for the tip, I really need to get a ficus to play with

Some seeds are easier than others. But starting from seed is not the best way to start. Buying a cheap cotoneaster from a garden centre will save several years and cost the same as the seeds etc

Yes they are so easy to find as garden plants and create your own. They need shade and lots of water though, to avoid leafs burning