How to Keep Your Bonsai in Shape: Pruning & Removing Branches

The master of lemonade strikes again! You were absolutely correct in your decision. The trees look spectacular.

Right when I started feeling comfortable with my garden trees I see this. That actually looks very intimidating to me based on my skills and my eye to detail

Looks so much better with major cuts, good decision

Just wanted to say whoever is filming and editing for you has really improved since you started, and so have you. You are so much more conversational and spontaneous but you don't wander. Everything you share has a point. Thanks for keeping us challenged and not wasting our time. I like the 20min or so format. Then I have time for my own bonsai. 😊

I love that you are showing some advanced stuff here. You are showing what to do after the tree is established and now you need to adapt the design to make the scale make sense. I haven't seen many videos like that yet. Keep up the great videos.

I researched the UNESCO site you mentioned, Huangshan. It looks beautiful, and it reminded me that I first admired Chinese art and design when I was a child. The depiction of trees growing from the side of mountains has always been inspiring. It gives me a familiar feeling of the ancient world. Of history. Of wisdom. Of beauty. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and thoughts as you bring us through your process during each video.

I have been a quilter for 40 some-odd years now, and there is a saying "There are no mistakes in quilting, only new design possibilities". I think the same can be said about bonsai. Those pictures you shared of China were absolutely gorgeous!! Thanks for sharing!

Another excellent example of just doing the work. I have run into the issue of being afraid to cut an old branch, far too many times... You may want to look into a "veneer saw" for getting into tight places. The blades are very fine and typically cut on the back stroke.

This tree looks spectacular. A drastic cut, but the effect is great.

Interesting to hear your thought process when you make cuts, expecially bigger cuts like this

Yes, many possibilities. Thank you for reminding to check the series.

Thank you Milton

Yes, it looks an aggressive extremely trimming/reshaping. But you fully explain what you are going for, and what the future design will be in the future. I like it ! And I think your slab idea is perfect for it. Looking forward to followup videos on its progress. Thank you again for your encouragement to think ahead in this wonderful living art hobby we love.

Wow that is a lovely rock planting, some really heavy cuts which really do bring the rock which is obviously a big part of the design which was hidden, that last cut was the right decision the tree looks much cleaner often the cut. I also have a rock planting which is about the same age, it was one of my first trees, the two trees are Lonicera nitida which grows like crazy the roots going right through the Tuffa rock into a shallow pot, it has only been taken out of the pot once in all those years, maybe next year I will take it off and check the roots etc, it’s not perfect but is my early rock planting which I love to just look at it. I have a saying that people look but don’t see, they just look at things as a whole instead of seeing the individual parts that make up the whole. Great video many thanks.

Love this composition Milton Really nice 10 brownie points 😂😂👊👊

thank you very much for your help

I took screenshots of the Huangshan photos on the UNESCO website to save for inspiration.

another great video! thank you!!

Great video, as always! I do have a suggestion though. Leave out the first three seconds. I know it has become a trend on Youtube, but I always find myself skipping past it to the content. Thanks for your bonsai inspirations.

Thank you! 👏👏👏👏