Bonsai Sales & Services

Sections:

  1. Seeds + Bonsai-From-Seed Guide
  2. Trees - NEW
  3. Services
    1. Bonsai Lessons / Consultations (Virtual or In-Person)
    2. Bonsai Workshops - Coming 2023
    3. Bonsai Maintenance (Pruning, Styling, Repotting, Watering, Carving, Bonsai Boarding)

Seeds + 10-Year Bonsai From Seed Guide

As I said in my blog post, Making the "Glory to Ukraine, Peace to Ukraine! / Слава Україні, мир Україні!" Bonsai Display, I will be donating 10% of my bonsai seed sales to charities in Ukraine. At the links below you can also contribute directly to the National Bank of Ukraine in support of humanitarian aid or in support of their defense forces. 

Donate Directly

  1. National Bank of Ukraine Opens Fundraising Account for Humanitarian Assistance to Ukrainians Affected by Russia’s Aggression
  2. National Bank of Ukraine Opens Special Account to Raise Funds for Ukraine’s Armed Forces
        As regular readers know, I strongly believe a better bonsai seed kit needs to be made available for 
those interested in growing bonsai from scratch. Too many bonsai seed kits include seeds that never germinate, offer no support to new growers, and if you can get germination, they offer now instructions on how to turn this sapling into a mature, respectable bonsai. To that end, I've leveraged my experience as a bonsai apprentice at Elandan Gardens and my teacher's 60+ years of experience in growing bonsai from seed to compose a practical guide on seed-growing bonsai. My seed-growing guide is focused on foundational bonsai strategies for the first 10 years of growing like building your trunk, selecting and wiring branches, and creating good nebari (root flare). Every order of seeds comes with the growing guide at no additional charge! The physical guide and seeds will be mailed to you together.

My seeds are collected from a variety of locations including bonsai gardens, botanic gardens, public arboretums, and on occasion, city streets and wild locations. The specifics of each seed are listed in their Etsy listing.

Seeds require you cold-stratify them yourself as dry storage for most species is critical to their longevity. In spring, some select varieties are available pre-stratified.

Etsy offerings as of Autumn 2022.

Available seeds (on Etsy)

  • Gray Birch
  • Eastern Hemlock
  • American Holly
  • Firethorn / Pyracantha
  • Sycamore
  • Western Larch (limited)
  • Subalpine fir (limited)
  • Douglas fir (limited)
  • Tan Tan (tropical)
  • Pidgeon Pea (tropical)
  • Avocado (tropical)
  • Lemon (tropical/subtropical)
  • Orange (tropical/subtropical)
  • Rain tree, Samanea saman (tropical, also not the same as Brazillian Raintree)
  • Clitoria ternata (tropical)
  • Sea grape (tropical)

Out of stock: 

  • Dwarf Japanese Maple
  • English Yew
  • Brewer Oak
  • Chestnut Oak
  • Chinkapin Oak

Trees - NEW

Trees for sale coming in 2023! After moving to Ohio in 2020, my collection of bonsai and prebonsai has been growing from a variety of sources including cutting and seedling propagation and digging yardadori/yamadori material from local landscaping and forests. These will begin to be available in 2023 once I officially receive my nursery vending license. Until then, as of November 2022, I am beginning to go through my tropical plants, advance them on their bonsai path, and I will post many here for sale for local delivery* or pickup near Columbus, OH. See the links below for more details on what trees are currently available. Contact me with any questions!

*$15 minimum for delivery within 15 miles of OSU campus in Columbus. Beyond that, we can negotiate based on the order. No shipping at this time, but maybe in the future.

Available Bonsai & Prebonsai

Services

Bonsai Lessons

          In the age of quarantine, I now offer Zoom, Skype, or Discord bonsai consultations as well as in-person lessons in the Columbus area. I can be of service in helping pass on basic horticulture information and in helping to formulate design ideas. Those who do not have a bonsai club in your local area may find this especially useful. Contact me if interested.

Bonsai Workshops - Coming 2023

        Workshops coming in 2023 may include coniferous phoenix grafting, ficus fusion creation, and possibly others.

Bonsai or Niwaki (landscape tree) Maintenance

          For those near Columbus, OH, I offer my experience in styling landscape trees (Niwaki), as well as collecting, repotting, styling, carving, and maintaining bonsai. You may wish to see the before & after gallery section of my blog to get a better idea of my abilities. A few selected examples of my work are included below for convenience. Contact me if you would like to discuss this option.

Bonsai boarding is also possible for brief or extended vacations.

Example: Decandling Japanese Red Pine

An example of my work as an apprentice at Elandan Gardens. 4 years of decandling pines... it changes you. Luckily all the holes in my hands have now healed!

Example: Thinning Alaska Yellow Cedar

Thinning Alaska Yellow Cedars and related Thujas are very time-consuming tasks. The perfect job for an apprentice! Pruning fronds in this way results in the regeneration of smaller fronds as well as backbudding for ramification.

Example: Cleanup & Cutback on a Laceleaf Japanese Maple Landscape Tree (Niwaki)

Old Japanese Maples are a pleasure to prune! They just need their regular maintenance, otherwise, it is a much more involved process to reset their structure. This was a tree I pruned for a client. Due to the major reset, further years of monitored growth are needed.

Example: Pruning Japanese Black Pine Landscape Trees (Niwaki)

I have extensive experience in pruning landscape pines as well. All learned from his bonsai teacher Dan Robinson at Elandan Gardens.

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