How to Work on Japanese Maple Bonsai with Big or Small Leaves

Today, I'll be working on two maples, one with big leaves and one with small leaves. Since small maple leaves are desirable, if you have a maple tree with large leaves, make it a larger bonsai so that the leaves are to scale! 0:00 Introduction 0:13 About maple trees 1:13 How to add moss to bonsai 2:34 How to turn a Maple seedling into a bonsai 3:04 How to prune small maple bonsai 3:50 Design options for maple bonsai 6:00 Before & after comparison 6:18 About my large maple bonsai 7:28 How to design large maple bonsai 8:29 How to anchor wire bonsai 10:08 How to create jins (deadwood) 12:33 Before & after comparison 13:05 Summary of bonsai techniques 13:50 How to tell the age of a bonsai tree To stay up to date on my bonsai, which will be available for purchase later this year, please sign up for my emails at bonsaiheirloom.com. Be a part of my bonsai community! You can also find me here:   / bonsaiheirloom     / bonsaiheirloom     / bonsaiheirloom   Questions about your bonsai? Leave a comment below or you can reach out to me at hello@bonsaiheirloom.com. I'll do my best to help! #bonsai #plants #gardening #bonsaitree #bonsaitreesforbeginners #plantcare #gardeningtips #howtobonsai #tutorial #howto #tipsforbeginners #bonsaitechniques #mapletree #nurserytrees #tree #seedlings #bonsaiforbeginners #bonsaitreecare #bonsaitreemaking #bonsaigarden #bonsaiheirloom #bonsaiplant #bonsaicollection #miltonchang #entrepreneur #bonsaimaster