Bonsai trees for Beginners

In this video we discuss the best Bonsai trees to get started with for Beginners. Most people are introduced to Bonsai by purchasing a cheap, pre-made bonsai tree - but make sure to choose the right tree species!

Chapters:
0:00 - Indoor or Outdoor bonsai?
0:31 - Indoor Bonsai selection
1:37 - Outdoor Bonsai selection
2:52 - Conclusion

Although buying a bonsai is without a doubt the easiest way to get started, it's much more interesting, cost-effective, and rewarding to learn how to grow and style your own tree.

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[laurelcook]

I bought a mini Christmas tree at Home Depot a month ago and it was dying so I just did bonsai to it and now it’s gonna be my project for the rest of my life.

[Le_Furret]

Its always funny to have bonsai tips for beginners. If im starting a bonsai, it still gonna take me 10-15-20 years to achive the goal.
So if i do it right, in arround 15-20 years im gonna have complet a bonsai and call myself no a beginner anymore.

[dmitrimikrioukov]

You need to plant trees from more northern hardiness zones, because in pots trees are more vulnerable to cold. For example, all my local Scots pines died this winter from frosts, but the Siberian pine survived. Indoors, I am keeping a pomegranate tree as bonsai and also a few dwarf chili peppers.

[OriginalRaveParty]

Always fantastic information, presentation and photography. Thank you 👍

[SnipSnapDragon]

Thank you for a wonderfully informative video that didn’t waste time and gave useful information. New subscriber here and I’m really enjoying your content. Appreciate you and your work very much.

[FrugalBonsai]

Great video. Loved the 3rd Bonsai. thank you

[justaslange]

what do you think about Avocado Bonsais? I have two of them growing them indoor. They are already 3 or 4 years old

[cathycarpenter]

I found a baby maple tree this spring and brought it inside to watch it grow. I’ve been using a grow light and it has grown to be 12 inches tall. I don’t want it to get any taller. It’s one tall trunk with no real branches just a pair of leaves every two inches. Should I prune off the next set of leaves coming in to prevent it from getting any taller? Thank you!

[drysalad]

I have Acacia and Black pines growing and I was wondering if you know if they are good for indoor or outdoor. Are they hard to keep and care for?

[SylveonKuromi]

I have a juniper bonsais that I got yesterday and I was wondering if its okay that I kept it inside but let it sit in front of my window for a few hrs for sun?

[splint]

When should I transfer a seedling from a regular pot to a bonsai training pot?

[jerryzito]

I just wanted to say that I enjoy your videos.. I intend to enroll in one of your classes. May I ask a question? I have heard many bonsai youtubers about Ficus on how resilient, strong and forgiving. they are. Then why do I have 2 dead Ficus trees? They were watered regularly and sitting in front of a sunny window.

[TheBonsaiGarden]

Fantastic video shot against that incredible backdrop. 👍

[Pukka]

What bonsai is good for non direct light as in not on a window sill but in a light dim room or shaded with a net curtain??

[vladlapusneanu]

Hi guys! I have a question about my bonsai and I would be very happy if you could help me.
I bought a little Carmina Bonsai yesterday and when I got home I saw a little Limax coming out from the soil. It was like the worms you go fishing with. Are they harmful for the tree or for the soil? What can I do to make a "detoxification" to the soil but to not harm the bonsai?
Could you help me, please!

[KrueggyWueggy]

I was given a small juniper bonzai for Valentine’s Day so is it completely impossible to grow it indoors

[barkoartstudio]

If I have to use a larger pot how can I restrict growth? I suppose I could plant it in a small pot and burry that pot in the larger planter.

[richardransier]

When you say outdoor. Is that potted or in the ground? I got a halved whiskey barrel with nothing it in. Not without a green thumb. 👍

[何梓銳]

Are spruce bonsai for indoor or outdoor

[DavidWoods-ofct]

I have plant that I got from a taxi driver in Essex UK it was very ill and I nurses it back to health it is or has become one of my joys on this planet the other is tobacco that almost got annihilated by underground slugs