Plants
Our plant list
We specialize in material to be made into very good bonsai. Much of this material will be sold well before it starts life as a bonsai, but will have had concentrated work done on the roots, trunk and primary branches to rough out the basis for what hopefully will be a splendid bonsai.
Many already know of our large (up to 18″ bases) trident maples, and even larger crape myrtles, which seem to have flowing or liquid nebari. The crape myrtle is a magnificent animal for bonsai, in our opinion.
Among other things, we also have fine specimens of
larger azaleas developed with root spread and trunk primarily in mind
hugely fluted larger Chinese quince (up to 6″ trunks)
Juniper squamata prostrata which the trade calls J. procumbens nana, with cascades to over 40″ and carefully trained uprights to 36″
Chinese fringe trees with good bark and strong bases (up to 8″)
Podocarpus (up to 10″ bases)
Boxwoods, including many Kingsville boxwoods
Foemina junipers for forest and saikei plantings, and formal uprights
very large hornbeams with excellent rootage
large trunked Sageretia, Pyracantha, Chinese elms, etcetera
And we are developing
Zelkovas with spreading root systems, prepared for broom specimens
Bamboo for accents, including
Buddha’s belly
black bamboo, phyllostachys nigra
variegated dwarf Buddha’s belly, “Kimmei”
wideleaf bamboo
pygmy bamboo
and a dwarf grass looking much like a mini bamboo
Root spread Japanese looseflowered hornbeams in quantities, also for forests or standalone specimens
Shimpaku junipers
And we plan to add:
Prunus mume, the Japanese flowering apricot
Nishiki matsu, the cork barked Japanese black pine
barky and other forms of trident maple, hornbeam and other interesting varietal forms of several plants
among many others
And, of course, we have materials for smaller bonsai including tropical figs, serissa varieties including the dwarf Kyoto, dwarf hollies, dwarf cryptomeria, and many other varieties as well.
To be specific, as of this writing (July 14, 2008), here are some of the varieties and species we have for sale now:
Azaleas - many varieties, from 1 Gallon containers to 20G flat containers with strong root spread
Bamboo:
Phyllostachys nigra, the black bamboo,
Shibataea kumasasa, the wide leaf bamboo,
Bambusa tuldoides Ventricosa, Buddha’s Belly bamboo
Bambusa tuldoides V. Kimmei, a dwarf striped Buddha’s Belly bamboo
Sasa pygmaea the dwarf bamboo
and several others in development
Boxwoods:
japonica up to 6″ in diameter bases,
Kingsville up to 3G, and a new variety we are trying,
Grace Hendrick Philips, much like a Kingsville, but a better grower and tolerating more sun.
Chinese fringe tree: small fragrant strap petalled flowers, attractive shiny leaves and fine in-scale barking texture. Ours are primarily large: mostly in 25G containers with trunks from 3″ to 6″
We will be holding a workshop with these in the future.
Chinese quince: Pseudocydonia sinensis Beautiful and remarkable. Fluted trunks to 8″ diameter
We just held a workshop (June 29, 2008) with this material
Crape myrtles from about 1/2″ caliper to 21″ nebari, some with root spread beyond that. in large grow rings, 25G pots and down; many varieties:
Natchez (scented white),
Muskogee (scented lavendar),
Tuscarora (coral red), Seminole (pink),
Catawba (purple) and
New Orleans (one of the “mini” crape myrtles) in 12-18″ mature size.
We held a workshop with large specimens of these, Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, 2008.
Cryptomeria:
Black Dragon in gallon containers, and
C. tanzu in quart and gallon containers
Eleagnus varieties phillipinensis, pungens and variegata: a few specimens with up to 6″ trunks
False cypress: chamaecyparis obtusa gracilis in 1G and 3G containers
Firethorn: pyracantha watereri: a few specimens up to 6″ trunks in 25G containers
Holly var Schillings 3 gallon with 1 1/2 - 2″ diameter trunks, and in-ground material with up to 2+” trunks
Hornbeams:
Carpinus caroliniana (southern form) in-ground; good surface rooting and 6-8″ trunks
C. laxiflora (the Japanese loose-flowered hornbeam) in root-spread bulb pans and also 3 gallon containers with 1+” trunks
Ixora: dwarf yellow and dwarf red, in quart containers
Juniper:
Foemina (of John Naka’s Goshin planting fame): in 1G, 3G, 5G and 10G containers (We will be holding a workshop with these)
Parsoni up to 4″ trunks, pruned for bonsai
“Procumbens nana” which we think should be called “squamata prostrata”. Regardless, we have them trained as uprights up to 3 feet and as cascades down to 3 1/2 feet; 1G through 15G
San Jose in 1G, 3G and 5G containers
Shimpaku in 1G containers
Heavenly Bamboo: Nandina varieties in 3G containers
Podocarpus: in-ground specimens up to 12″ diameter
Sageretia: in quart containers and larger up to trunks with 3-4″ diameter
Serissa: pink, variegated, snow rose and Kyoto dwarf varieties in quart pots
Stewartia monadelpha: in short 2.5G and 5G containers
Trident maples: in 1 quart pots, with roots still young and flexible enough to be implanted in any stone crevices, in 5G pots with 1 - 1 1/2″ caliber, through pruned material in tree rings and in ground material up to 12″ in diameter.
We held a workshop in the fall of 2007 with large tridents
Zelkovas: from 1 quart pots with flexible roots, like the Trident maples above, and in-ground material
We also have some select materials, NOT for bonsai, but fun, either for accent plants, landscaping or edible landscaping:
loquat trees
dwarf magnolias “Little Gem” and “D.D.Blanchard”
pepper plants (VERY hot - and ornamental: Scotch bonnet, white bullet, Zimbabwe bird, Tepin, etc)
sugar cane
Stevia (yes, THE Stevia: press the leaves for a safe natural sweetener)
Black taro
We invite you to visit, just to look us over, and have a cup of tea with us if you like, and discuss bonsai…or just visit.
