In this video I show you how to make a Forest from Swamp Cypress and Cedar. To stay in touch visit Shop: www.herons.co.uk instagram: herons_bonsai facebook: @herons.bonsai twitter: @heronsbonsai
I love watching you work on the forests Peter. You influenced me to make some of my own last year. I now have larch, beech, hornbeam, dawn redwood, and field maple. I also have lots of small leaf Japanese maple i grew from Herons seeds last year. Im so looking forward to working on them as soon as the weather improves!
Good morning Peter. To make a forest in a few minutes and that looks good you can do it, I take days to plan it and hours to do it and of course it does not look so good. With the years of experience you have, you don't make bonsai videos, you make magic! I laughed a lot when the trees fell, the first forest I made to take advantage of some cuttings was on stone, imagine the suffering that happened and the turns that I gave to stay on the stone, with how easy it is to plant it on a tray of seeds and when the roots grow put it where you want, but of course I know that now, thanks to you.
Looks so simple to do but in years to come they will look magnificent thank you peter ....oh by the way time to wear your Christmas shirt or Santa suit lol .Merry Christmas 🌲🌲🌲
i love your videos because even i am not speaking English very well ,I understand you very well ,i like the way you speak calm and rare Also i like your work on bonsay trees Congratulations
Dear Peter, very interesting forests ! I would appreciate to see the different trees ( individual and forests) you made a couple of months/years later. Could you please once show them on a new video ? Thanks in advance. Best regards Jean-Pierre
i dont mean to be off topic but does someone know of a way to get back into an instagram account?? I was dumb forgot my account password. I love any assistance you can offer me
@Keaton Felipe I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and Im trying it out atm. I see it takes quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
I am thinking that there are enough of us who appreciate Mr. Chan's work that we can do a GoFundMe for a new mic?? Thanks again for the content Herons Bonsai! always appreciated.
peter chan I am not really qualified to suggest a specific mic, but BH Photo has some solid customer service. I’ve used them in the past for my studio lights with some success. You may find better pricing on what they suggest if you shop it, depending on your budget
Absolutely incredible to see these trees so small. Where I live in the Deep South of America these cypress get so large that it’s odd to not see them that wah
These are so interesting, and seeing you explore the process helps so much! While living in Japan, a very kind man loaned me one of his 70 year old bonsai’s to place in my Japanese garden. I am back in the states and though i know I am not able to attain the level he had, I remember the joy it gave him working with his plants and sharing their beauty, and I hope to get some of that as I try a bonsai plant here in Tennessee. Your videos are so interesting and so helpful with lots of down to earth practical information. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge. Of course, I would love to visit your nursery, but I think I will have to just enjoy the videos and the information and use it to the best of my ability.
I live in Florida, ive seen these trees easily get 50- 60 feet. Theyre absolutely gorgeous trees. If you ever travel here, Leu Gardens in Orlando is a gorgeous place with a section with these cypress.
I love forest groups! I've been watching intensely your forest group series recently. I love them all. But this last one holds a meaning for me, as I live maybe 45 mins from rocky mountain forests. Which I visit often! I am curious though, I wonder what your take is, or maybe a video on doing a forest group with Norfolk island pine. Since it is the Christmas season. They are readily available everywhere I look. And think it could be done. But not sure where to start. Especially with the long branches.
Love your work but i think your mic is somewhat broken, that high pitch buzzing noise i quite irritating but i will push through it, just for the information :P
Hi Peter great video like always! One question, what’s the ratio of pine bark and peat that you used? Do you ever add any other aggregate with it for more drainage? Thanks again for all the great videos. Happy Holidays to you and your staff and family.
Hi , would very much like to make a bonsai forest but for indoor conditions only . Which tree's would you recommend to use? Love the look of a larch forest but would that be achievable indoors? Thank you:)
Love these! Question- do you ever do a forest with different kinds of trees together? In nature trees grow together, just wondering why no bonsai forests with multiple kinds of trees, thank you!
I've always known Taxodium distichum as Bald cypress. It is one of my favorite trees while young with their beautiful cone shape with the buttressed trunk. The reddish cinnamon bark as a backdrop to the lacy green leaves is very striking. I live in the Northern US in plant hardiness zone 6A and see it growing very commonly here as a landscape tree. Their "cones" (more like round balls) have the most wonderful fragrance as well. I never have been able to get any seeds to sprout. I wonder if either the seeds are not hardy here or if they need other trees for pollination since most of the specimens I've found are solitary. I've read that they are somewhat difficult to germinate. How do you propagate yours?
How can we realize it's the time to take them apart? (Bald cypress forest) We can't have them in forest style for all the time? And thx for your inspiring videos!
The deodar cedars are native to the himalayas, specially the foothills and in islamabad. They smell amazing too like a pine or spruce. It makes the hike through the hilly forest even better
@@peterchan3100 I live in canada but my parents live in Islamabad and our neighbour has one of these great trees. We have organes, guavas, pine trees, bouginwelias, banyans, rubber trees and even olives all in one place. Biodiversity here is amazing, ive heard of apple farms outside of islamabad too and the govt is currently encouraging olive growers
Funny. Taxodium distichum is Bald Cypress. I've never paid any attention to one less than 50 feet tall. I grew up near the largest tree east of the Mississippi, a bald cypress in the flatlands of west Tennessee. At least it was the largest until lightening blew it up. After that a Bald Cypress in Florida was the largest tree east of the Mississippi until a meth head set it on fire. Just interesting to see these little giants used as bonsai.
Peter: When using young (thin) seedlings needing help being straight within a forest group, would you say some light wiring is appropriate to straighten them?
Are trees growing in those tiny plastic pots (for future forest) okay outside in the winter or do they need protection? I have junipers in small plastic pots similar to those, growing for a forest in the future. I'm wondering if they'll be okay outside in the cold?
i have a swamp cypress thats 4 years old and the base is 8cm wide and has always been healthy but this spring we has a really hot start and is burn the bud twice and now is just a stick the trunk is still alive but the branches are dieing. i grow it in water any advice ?
Dr. Mr.Chan, I was looking for very big (but shallow) trainingpots (of plastic) in your online store because you said that you had some til 90 cm, but I cannot find them. Would like to order some for the Netherlands! I cannot find them anywhere. Please help, I am a forest lover! I love your channel! Merry Christmas!🌲
I love watching your videos but ive noticed your audio has ben notoriously bad for years now... I was looking forward to settling in for a good 40mins here but I couldn't do it with that feedback
Are there Forest groups that contain multiple species of tree. I know in real forests there are mixes of tree species depending on the region. But, in Bonsai do they use such groupings?
@@drstavroseleftheriou1722 also the growth speed vary greatly, some species also actively produce chemical components that harm nearby species. Would have to choose carefully and make sure the trees naturally coincide beside each other in nature.
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@@peterchan3100 Yes, I've followed you long enough to know that you live and work in the UK. I've registered for the 2 day seminar in June already. I'll keep looking for the right size trees for my cypress forest. Thanks so much for the response.
excellent , i have 10 bare root larch saplings for a forest,they all have quite big tap roots ,should i reduce them or remove completely,most have a very good root system.
@@peterchan3100 i do like the sound of the lapel mic, the noise isn't constant either. It could some interference from an electric light, nearby active phone or wifi signal.
Probably a setting with the mic, it was good before but the last few have been like this. Can you control the mic sensitivity/gain levels? Maybe lower it a little.
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