native

I thought I would share my 6 years of experience searching for a lesser known native species of Elm in Michigan. Michigan has been described in the literature as the "bedrock" of the species Ulmus thomasii, commonly called the Rock Elm. In the early 1900's, we had large populations of these...

Picked this up at one of my local nurseries a couple months back and did a repot and initial styling. Didn’t see much being done with them, but figured since it’s a Texas native and has small foliage there’s potential there. We’ll see how it progresses. Originally I had planned on doing a...

Thought I'd share an unusual, semi-recent addition to my collection. Below is a "cutleaf" sort of a US native buckthorn *almost* as purchased. Repotted on March, 7 2021. Fairly large root reduction: Grew well through summer: After leaf drop. Love those colorful buds! Wired up later that day...

I am offering trays of 16+ strongly rooted cuttings from trees native to Western North America. At first I will have Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii). In the future I may have Port Orford cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana), Western...

…what a time to be alive! This Weyerhaeuser nursery in Oregon produces 11 million seedlings each year. They’re sold in bags of 80–200; here’s what you see when opening a bag of 125 Western Hemlock: Our friend @Vance Wood has bemoaned that the nursery trades do not make these species readily...

Alright it is about time I posted up some natives. There are a great many more that I am sure would make awesome bonsai but here are three that I decided to try. Disclaimer, the oak might not be ideal but I wanted to try it for sentimental reasons. If you have any Southwest US natives post'em...