An Ugly Stump Gets It's Day - Creating Bonsai From A Hedge

[Gwynfzr4]

Work of art Sensei  Potter.........Huge respect

[Mr420rush]

i LOVE it great stuff my friend

[bitondimichele]

salve Potter

Sono felice se mi fai conoscere il negozio dove posso comprare le due frese che hai mostrato con la mano prima di iniziare a lavorare il legno

grazie

[GrahamWPotter]

@bitondimichele Store is KaizenBonsai . com

[rexcocaco]

wooooooow.!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[EkeiShaosaye]

Thanks for sharing your experience with us, it's so valuable to watch

[Dimipoke1]

Wow. Thank you so much for your amazing videos on these Bonsai. I am amazed at how you can find the inner potential of a tree that I would never see and transform it into something amazing. How do you do it?

[GrahamWPotter]

@Dimipoke1 Practice my firend ;-)))

G.



[Willwaibel864]

it looks like its 500 years old xD

keep it up

[MrThepain666]

wooh amazing man

[BMtobyTH]

i loved this video, hawthorn is my favorite tree aswell :P

[IDontWantYourCereal]

so how much does a tree like this cost?

[fivestarreptiles]

This is such a butiful art form i realy want to learn how to do this

[janjaggy]

do you have any recommendation for beginners, that's doesnt cost or doesnt cost much money cause im 15 and i dont earn that much money

[Jefferdaughter]

@janjaggy - Graham may have other tips, but you can learn a lot from YouTube. You can get trees to practice on from WalMart or another garden center starting from a few dollars. They are already potted, so are probably easier for beginners than trying to dig a tree or shrub from the ground. Read, watch the videos, take small steps with your own trees, and have fun! Look at trees in nature for inspiration. Good luck!

[jdeschamps80]

Hi, this tree is amazing. I have a big ugly hedge of this stuff. I'm new to this but I want to pull a stump out similar to yours and give it a go. How much of the roots do i have to take and what do I plant it in the keep it alive? I'm in New Zealand so it's just turned spring right now.

[1339LARS]

Seeing the potencial in a stump is amazing!! Kudos for the vid!

[The0racle1]

sorry mate but you talck to much good worck with bonsai

[00hmath00]

Hey Graham just a tip from a fan: put a link to your site in the description. i see you hav it in the video but for others and easier access put in the link so that people can just click. :) Keep these videos comming!!! :):)

[ArmouredReviews]

hey im just about to start taking up bonsai and i watched one video from you and now i cant stop good work your throwing alot of tips out there and if people dont take what your giving for free then shame on them thank you so mutch i realy want to go into it now im going to be starting from seed so is there any tips for ground bassed begginers seed begginers ?

[petroleuze]

Once I will love to see a video, on how to extract, and do not damage big roots on such old trees find in the wild.

[MegaBdixon]

I have been watching your videos for some time now and as always i impressed with your ability. I have been searching videos trying to find something on yamadori hunting and there is almost nothing on it. I live in the U.S. zone 4/5 and have limited access to good places to go for good yamadori! So I have been contemplating doing an Urban yamadori hunting video. I started the bonsai research project as a means of obtaining potentiall bonsai trees asking people to donate trees they dont want!

[MrSmartComment]

I cant really say much :O

[severusjsnape]

"Gives Hardship the finger"....LOL ... I LOVE IT....keep the videos and the graceful sense of humor coming Graham. Your work has inspired me to try out new approaches with confidence this season...Thank You!

[illuminatismasher]

Hi graham thank you for yet another amazing video!!! A TRUE MaSTER!! this one was very inspirational becuse i have three hawthorns of this caliber to do some work on next year!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EXPERTISE!!!

[SamuelDBrierley]

Hey Graham me ole china..... why would it be that your tutorial clips get up dated on you tube before they do on your own web sight?

[vadgeviper]

Any chance of a 'walk around tour' of your collection?

[crystall1203]

Got my first parcel from u guys here in AUS awasome product and as always ur videos and fantastic and informative

Can't wait for the next one

Just wanted to say thanks

[shadowsteve]

thanks, i found the bit about pruning especially helpful, another great vid Graham!

[zodiacbrave13]

Amazing as always.

You inspired me to start my own bonsai over a year ago; have a little cedar that's been getting itself established in it's pot. I can't wait to start working on it!

[SamuelDBrierley]

..... just got my first parcel of 'goodies' fromya today... Here in New Zealand - you have more selection and its cheaper to get things from you on the other side of the world.... will be coming to you first from now on....

Keep up the good work our wee bald man

[SamuelDBrierley]

I'm thinking Grahams tree are not expensive at all.... considering the donkey prep work that has been taken care of for us... and I'm not to sure about the "thousands of pounds" comment.... I must be looking in the wrong place.

Wicked informative clip as usual Mr Potter.... on the edge of my seat for the next one.

[GrahamWPotter]

@SamuelDBrierley Thank you for your support. It's nice to get comments like this. you made my day ;-))))

G.

[pa3gpx]

Great video as usual. Thanks for taking the time to make and post this

!!

[frozengates]

Great job my friend

[JROM79]

Excellent work as always Graham. Any chance you can make a video on how to find these potential Bonsai trees, stumps, fallen trees etc? And/or what to look for?

[mclogan3737]

When are you going to come to the US? Florida would be a great stop. The Gulf coast. I would love to see this work in person.  As always I am blown away by your work.

[roccomp]

Such a great job of carving and wiring that I´d rather the tree without leaf!!

Cheers from Spain.

[nerofirestorm]

awesome tree mate

[graycam]

Fantastic - thanks so much!

Any touring / workshops planned for Canada / West Coast USA?

[nemesisazn]

awesome! Graham, could you do a decandle vid for a pine. That would help greatly. Reading doesnt explain well as a video would =)

[2000crisbm]

Brilliant! As aways! I was missing the videos! Nice to have them back again! Thanks!

[pandabear102409]

Man now I know why it took so long for you to put out a video:) well worth the wait

[pandabear102409]

Man now I know why it took so long for you to do a video..it was well worth the wait:) good job love the tree

[jmh2pegleg]

Given the fairly extensive amount of caving you did, I was wondering why you left the saw cut (seen at 5:54) unaltered.

[kyandio74]

nice work Graham !!

[flabbywalrus]

great video as always

[Oshtinpowers]

if jesus was to visit again, he would look like graham potter

[timHYPERLITE]

great work graham as aways,but your trees and yamadori for sale on your website are rediculously expensive.

[GrahamWPotter]

@timHYPERLITE Only because the pic's don't do them justice ;-)

[timHYPERLITE]

@GrahamWPotter oh no your wrong.the pics do,'do them justice.but it would be nice to have some trees that are not hundreds or thousands of pounds.

[GrahamWPotter]

@timHYPERLITE Trust me the pics don't! Hence the price ;-)

G.

[1234ODR]

@GrahamWPotter I know that this is kinda late but timHYPERLITE I am disgusted by your comment, you clearly do not understand the effort put in to the trees and by the way Grahams prices are not to high for this quality bonsai.

[PogoFogo]

@timHYPERLITE Yamadori is expensive no matter where u go.

I found a nice scots pine growing in a peat bog, it will take about 4 or 500 years to look like one of Grahams yamadori even though it is about 60 yaers old.

[HoekRen8000]

THANKS! ...NOW I REALISE THE REASON I HAD TO WAIT! IT WORTH IT!

[sharkfin154]

fantastic as alwase

[noventar]

absolutely brilliant, I've been looking to collect some plants from the wild to prepare for bonsai, what should I look for?

[WannesAndVp]

@noventar Well, at first, make sure you may collect them. Ask permission from the owners, you don't want to do illegal collecting. I would suggest looking all around you, possible bonsai is found in the corners, where everybody looks over, like abandoned houses, gardens gone wild, and hedges that will be removed.

[timHYPERLITE]

@noventar good trunk for a start. im sure the PC crowd will tell you not to take wild trees.bear in mind il take at least 2to4 years before you can do any proper work them

[BackSeatHump]

Very impressive. It's my lucky day, it seems, as I've just dug up a hawthorn and although my arms are already covered in plasters I now know that the thorns may be removed. I'm dismayed to hear about the finicky roots as I've put mine into a rather flexible plastic milk delivery crate and I'm not keen on repotting it any time soon. I'll just hope for the best.

Glad to see the background music's been left switched off during your lecture this time!