How to Grow Bonsai Trees : Various Types of Bonsai

See various types of bonsai trees between 25 & 100 years old, in this free video. Expert: Mike Hansen Bio: Mike Hansen, owner of Midwest Bonsai, has been growing, caring, selling, and instructing others in bonsai care for years. Mike is an expert bonsai master.

25 thoughts on “How to Grow Bonsai Trees : Various Types of Bonsai

  1. 5GeardTrek – Any native plant, tree, shrub, that normally grows well in your area can be trained into bonsai without any problems. How well it will live or thrive….well, that’s entirely up to you once you decide to put it in a container.

  2. i have an olea europea and i love it …. great for beginers, strong plant, loves sun, wind and rain, eheheh, imagine that …

  3. Chasnsx, you have no idea of what you’re talking about. If you block others from posting comments on your videos then it’s not right that you give yours on others videos. So please be quiet. All you do is harm the art of bonsai.

  4. See our video at icandevelopment to understand how to grow people not plants!

  5. That’s bullcr*p.
    The oldest Bonsai tree is over two hundred years old. Historians know that the oldest Bonsai tree can be traced all the way back to the mid 1730s. This means that the oldest Bonsai tree has been around since the first president of the United States, George Washington, whom was five years old. The oldest Bonsai tree was purchased by the ambassador to Japan right before the start of World War 1.

  6. Ficus Benjamina works pretty well. Also Dwarf Schefflera, Ficus Retusa, Green Island Ficus, Portulacaria (Elephant Bush) and Jade plant.

  7. I just potted a maple sapling into a small growth box. I used regular potting soil and watered immediately after. Will this work in making a bonsai?

  8. That’s how bonsai works. The small container keeps it from growing too big. The roots are also trimmed to help keep the growth under control. Wires are wrapped around branches and the trunk to bend them to whatever desired shape.

    There’s nothing special about the types of tree that can be used for bonsai. Bonsai is simply a technique fro growing trees to keep them small.

  9. ppl a lil advice dont buy a bonsai if you dont realy think that you can ceep watering it or youd forget to water it bcuz its so sad when ppl buy a bonsai and get bored of it and stop watering it for those who have a bonsai would you imagine doing all that hard work and then it dies and you have to throw it out :( it realy pissed me off when i heard that the oldest bonsai that was over 800 years old died bcuz of a careless owner who didnt water it

  10. could you grow a tree in a pot and trim it when its young to make a mini tree