Good morning 😊 Bonsai for breakfast, cappuccino in front of me and cat and dog by my side. What a cozy way to start the day. Thanks Xavier, enjoy yours ❤🙋♀️
Love the Escallonia, the shape is very nice, as well as the bark. The little Holly makes me jealous of what you've got growing in the wild over there! None here in the bush! Nice video 🔆
Great bonsai choices for this episode - I learn a bit each time. Even though escallonia and holly grow like crazy in the ground, they don't always enjoy my colder winters when in pots. Thankfully, lots of seedling around to practice with till I get it right. I love everything about the escallonia - the future styling will be fun to watch. Super envious about your cascade. Just gorgeous!
I'm not sure the timing is working for the algorithm - it doesnt get the same traction for some reason BUT I shall stick with this format anyway. Enjoy the horses :)
Hi Xav Escallonia make great bonsai even if you have to have your chompers, the bark will look fantastic when you have finished cleaning it, I have been looking for one for ages, watch your fingers with that Holly, they have wonderful colour, we have a very large one in the garden I wonder if I could grow one from cuttings, Cotoneaster make great cascades. All the best Xav keep up the good work mate.
Enjoying breakfast for dinner. Excellent video! ❤ I struggle with the "great mass" problem with some of mine like barberry, where the mass is closer to the bottom and has caused reverse taper. More like this one, please!
Just my crazy thinking about that first tree. How will it look if you chop the long branch and make short tree. You will have your own vision for that tree, it is just my crazy idea.
Thanks Xavier. The Escallonia has a reasonably thick trunk and most of the branches are quite thin in comparison. To get credible tree gear we need trunk and branches in proportion. Do you think those thin branches will catch up? How long do you think it will take for those skinny branches to get to, say, pencil thickness?
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat I suppose (but don't know for sure) that thin branches grow faster, or at least appear to grow faster, than thick trunks? The relative sizes will improve. It doesn't matter if it's a loooooong time, as long as it will happen. Your great grandchildren will have hundreds of trees we can only dream of - and a complete video record of their establishment!
@@XaviersBonsaiRetreat The other thing you might do if you wanted a bit of excitement is to trunk split (maybe in both directions a la Tony) and get some movement in that trunk. Any known reason why that can't be done on an escallonia?
