We Spent 6 Years Turning a $200 Nursery Juniper Into a Refined Bonsai

Six years. Two repottings. Five full stylings. Countless hours of pruning, wiring, and deadwood carving. In this video, we document the complete transformation of a Juniperus chinensis — from raw nursery stock to a refined bonsai — in a 20 min video.

You'll follow every major decision along the way: the first structural pruning, selecting the front and nebari, creating and refining the deadwood (shari and jin), two full repottings with root work, and five rounds of wiring that progressively refined the pad structure and overall silhouette.

This is the kind of video we wish existed when we started — honest, long-term, and showing the real pace of bonsai development.
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