Evergreen Gardenworks
2010
Descriptive Catalog

Cotoneaster (Benishitan) Deciduous and semi-evergreen shrubs with white or pink flowers with reddish berries. Some forms are variegated. Easy to grow plants for the landscape, rock garden, or bonsai. Cotoneaster continues to be one of the most popular plants for bonsai, especially for beginners since it may be styled and potted at a very young age and the flowers and fruit on these young plants can be quite striking. We grow many different varieties almost all of which are low growing and have good bonsai and rock garden potential.

For more information see the article Cotoneaster for Bonsai.

3150 Cotoneaster adpressus 'Praecox' (Creeping Cotoneaster) S\PS\M\- 40ø\Ls\RG\B Deciduous. Slow growing to 1 foot x 6 feet with dark green leaves, pink flowers and large red half inch fruit. Rock hugging groundcover. Good for bonsai
Available again in 2011

3180 Cotoneaster buxifolius 'Nana' S\M\D\-10ø\ Ls\RG\B Evergreen shrub to about 3 feet with fuzzy leaves that are quite grayish green. Small very bright red fruit. The almost black bark and quick growth makes this an attractive choice for shohin size bonsai. It develops a trunk thick enough to be a convincing bonsai in about five years, at which time it could be cut back and trained.
Available again in 2011

3190 Cotoneaster congestus 'Likiang' S\M\-30ø\Ls\RG\B Evergreen shrub, slow growing to 3 feet with pink flowers and small bright red fruits. Small almost round dark green leaves with lighter underside. Rock hugging arched branch habit makes it especially fine for bonsai. 2 3/4 INCH POTS $8 FOUR INCH POTS $12

3200 Cotoneaster dammeri 'Emerald Spray' S\PS\M\-40ø\Ls\RG\B Mounding shrub 2 feet x 6 feet with rounded shiny dark green leaves. White flowers followed by very large red berries. Makes striking larger mame or shohin sized bonsai. The four inch pots size are exceptional plants, over six years old, pruned many times into nice upright moving shapes. Each one is unique. 2 3/4 INCH POTS $8

3210 Cotoneaster horizontalis (Rock Cotoneaster) S\M\-40ø\Ls\RG\B Deciduous spreading shrub to 3 feet x 15 feet. Prostrate habit with pronounced herring bone pattern to the foliage and branches. Pink flowers followed by shiny bright red fruit, leaves roundish but pointed at tip turn bright red in fall. A traditional bonsai plant.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8

3215 Cotoneaster horizontalis 'Variegata' Same as above except with striking creamy variegation to the leaves which turns pink in the fall.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8

3220 Cotoneaster microphyllus'Cooperi' (Cooper's Rockspray Cotoneaster) S\M\- 30ø\RG\B Evergreen prostrate shrub to about 10 inches x 3 feet. Slow growing with very congested leaves and branches in a low arching habit that is rock hugging. White flowers followed by red fruits. Leaves are small at about one-fourth inch and have a distinct bluish cast. New stem growth is red, and branches are short and fat. This plant makes an almost perfect small bonsai shape even before pruning.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8 
FOUR INCH POTS $16 

3225 Cotoneaster microphyllus 'Thymifolius' (mounding form) S\M\-30ø\RG\B Evergreen to -5ø. Low mounding shrub to about 1 foot x 2 feet with arching branches instead of the stiffly upright branching of the species. Tiny dark green shiny leaves are the smallest of any cotoneaster. Pink flowers followed by small red fruits.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8 

3230 Cotoneaster dammeri 'Streib's Findling' S\M\-30ø\RG\Ls\B Slow growing evergreen mounding shrub similar to 'Emerald Spray' to about 1 foot x 3 feet . Grows by short arching branches making it particularly useful for bonsai. Dark green leaves almost round and red berries. Excellent for small weeping bonsai.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8 
FOUR INCH POTS $12

3235Cotoneaster dammeri'Teulon Porter' S\M\-30ø\Ls\B Evergreen prostrate shrub to about 18 inches x 6 feet. Dark green shiny leaves almost round but pointed at the tip and red berries. Open habit. Very similar to 'Streib's Findling above, but not as arching. More suitable to growing out for shohin bonsai.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8

Crataegus (Hawthorn) S\D\-40ø\Ls\B Deciduous trees with either white or pink flowers and small red apple-like fruits. Plants sucker and water sprout profusely. This can be controlled somewhat in landscape plants by limiting water and fertilizer and pruning only when necessary. Bonsai plants should have suckers removed as they appear. Leaves reduce nicely in bonsai plants. Seedling grown plants avoid nasty grafts for bonsai use but can take as long as 20 years to flower. Cutting grown plants are from mature wood, are capable of flowering immediately, and also avoid the graft problem. We are one of the very few nurseries in the world growing hawthorn from cuttings.

Specimen bonsai from cutting grown hawthorn are spectacular. The oak lobed leaves are very attractive and reduce nicely. A fine degree of ramification is possible once the roots are constrained in a bonsai pot. Older, well trained plants will be literally covered with flowers in the spring and loaded with ideal sized bright red fruit in the fall. The mature bark is scaly and in perfect proportion. Good branching is the most difficult aspect to achieve. New branches tend to shoot straight up, so young branches must be wired into position quickly. Once the branch framework is established, ramification is easily achieved through pinching the new growth.

3250 Crataegus cuneata (Oriental hawthorn) Deciduous tree or large shrub. I have not seen a mature plant but it appears to be quite shrubby. The 3 inch leaves are fan shaped and have a nice yellow fall color, single white flowers. The real attraction is the giant 1 to 1 1/2 inch red fruit that it sets, the biggest fruit of any Hawthorn that I have seen. This large fruit and twiggy growth make this plant especially interesting for bonsai. Our plants are cutting grown and ready to flower. Leaf reduction and ramification are good for this species, but getting trunk caliper is most difficult. Unless you have decades to wait, better plan on using them for shohin and smaller bonsai. These can be quite spectacular with just one or a few of the large red fruit in the autumn. An interesting project would be to graft scions of C. cuneata to form the branches on C. laevigata, which does form a nice trunk. Available again in 2011

3270 Crataegus x media 'Paul's Scarlet' (English hawthorn 'Paul's Scarlet') Same as above except flowers are clusters of PINK double blooms. Despite its name, this is a pink hawthorn, not red. One of the most popular hawthorns. Cutting grown plants of this variety and above have good potential for bonsai since ugly graft unions (and flower delay in seedlings) can be avoided. The prolific flowers and fruit of this cultivar make it a spectacular flowering bonsai subject. Our two to four year old cutting grown plants in 2 3/4 inch pots are quite vigorous and will be about ten to twelve inches tall, mostly unbranched with caliper of about 3/16 inch or less. Four inch size plants are at least five years old and have been grown out and pruned down to about 12 inches with some branching. Trunk caliper of about 5/16 inch or greater. One gallon size plants are at least five years old, have trunk caliper greater than 1/2 inch, and have been pruned down to about 12 inches and are well branched. 2 3/4 INCH POTS $10 Available June 2011

Cryptomeria japonica (Japanese Cedar, Japanese Redwood, Sugi) S\PS\M\-10ø Evergreen trees and shrubs. Relative of Coast Redwood and Dawn Redwood with dark green, fat, short needle foliage clustered about the stem. The species is a tall upright timber tree of the orient to 100 feet or more. Many dwarf varieties of great ornamental value. All do best with some protection from afternoon sun and dry wind in hottest, driest areas. This species is used traditionally for bonsai. The upright cultivars can be used for group (forest) plantings or grown out larger for specimen bonsai. I think these work best as soaring straight trees with the branches wired in a downswept fashion, giving the illusion of stately cypresses or cedars.

3350 Cryptomeria japonica 'Tenzan Yatsubusa' RG\B Our favorite little Cryptomeria. Very small dwarf that forms a tight impenetrable cushion of congested needles to about 18 inches x 12 inches in 25 years. Light green color turns slightly bronze in winter. Looks and feels like a small green rock! Excellent for saikei ONE GALLON SIZE $30

3580 Diospyros rhombifolia (Princess Persimmon) Small leaved persimmons very popular for bonsai because of their dwarf habit, small flowers and small round orange fruit. Fruits are usually one to two inches. Leaves are one to two inches long and dark green. Leaf stems, wood, and roots are black. Very difficult to obtain in the US. D. rhombifolia is polygamodioecious (whew!), that is, they are essentially dioecious (male and female plants), but there are a few complete flowers on some plants. For bonsai purposes, you should consider them to be male and female. Only females will fruit and the presence of a male plant will probably be necessary for pollination. At this time, we can only offer unsexed seedlings, which will probably flower in about five to seven years. Later, we hope to be able to sell cutting grown plants of know sexual origin, or possibly some cultivars. Probably hardy to zone 5. Available again in 2011

Fagus (Beech) I will never forget the beeches of my childhood on the east coast. Enormous steel-gray smooth trunks almost fairy-like. Beech, European and Japanese, are very popular for bonsai, both as group plantings and individual specimen upright trees. We are very fortunate to be able to offer Japanese Beech a very rare tree in this country and extremely difficult to obtain.

All species of beech share the common trait of being quite different in leaf and bud from most other deciduous trees. Mature plants generally set one set of leaves per season. The leaf buds are thick and fleshy and not very numerous. This requires a different strategy for bonsai growing. In general, they should not be trunk chopped like other deciduous trees, but rather grown out using sacrifice branches to obtain caliper. It is difficult to get good taper to the apex and maintain the fine ramification that is necessary. A good apex requires planning ahead, selecting a small upright branch in a good location, and cutting back to this point.

Pruning scars are also a problem. The species tends to develop a thick callus which will create an unsightly bulge. This is especially difficult in the top of the tree when selecting the apex. I have found that wrapping the cut area tightly with grafting tape will help minimize the bulge, but you should still try to have the scars placed to the back of the tree.

Beech will back bud, but with difficulty. Plants that are to be cut back should be young and vigorously growing. Try not to remove all of the preformed buds or you may lose the tree. Buds tend to form at branch collars, so overly thick branches can be removed and new, thinner ones started in the same location if you leave a small stub. This method can also be used to grow new branches where older branches have all their foliage at the tips. Beech are generally not defoliated, although it is possible to do it every few years for show purposes.

4040 Fagus crenata (Japanese Beech, 'Buna') S\PS\M\-20ø\Ls\B Highly prized for bonsai especially for group plantings, this small beech is very rare in this country and very difficult to obtain. The leaves are smaller and more pointed than F. sylvatica and the bark is a beautiful smooth grayish white in older trees, even in bonsai situations, almost reminiscent of white birch. 2 3/4 INCH POT SIZE about 1/4 inch caliper and ten inches tall. One gallon size plants are 3/4 inch caliper and prune down to about 12 to 16 inches, well branched. ONE GALLON SIZE $30

Fagus sylvatica (European Beech) S\PS\M\-40ø\Ls\B Deciduous trees to 90 feet. Beautiful smooth gray bark even into great age and thick glossy green, copper, or purple leaves. Some varieties weep. Needs protection from afternoon sun in hottest driest areas and salt free water. Salts stunt the tree and turn leaves brown at the edge. For bonsai this can be overcome somewhat by acidifying the water and soil. Rusty fall color, leaves tend to stay on the tree most of the winter. A classic bonsai tree.

4050 Fagus sylvatica Seedling trees of the species for landscape or bonsai use. For bonsai may be used as specimen or group planting. Our 2 3/4 inch pot size are relatively straight and are about 12 to 16 inches tall with 1/4 inch or greater caliper. These are transplanted root pruned field grown trees that are nicely branched. Please note if you desire a range of sizes for a group planting.
ONE GALLON SIZE $30 

4060 Fagus sylvatica var. purpurea (Purple or Copper Beech) Seedling trees selected for their colored leaves that can range from a bronzy copper to deep purple new growth in spring turning to bronzy green in summer. ONE GALLON SIZE $30

Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair Tree, Icho) S\M\-40ø\Ls\B Deciduous tree to 70 feet. Graceful upright tree with light green fan shaped leaves turning to solid yellow gold in fall. An ancient tree little changed from its fossilized ancestors. Native of China. Trees are male and female; females, producing smelly (like dog do do) fruits, are avoided as landscape trees. Trees for bonsai may be either sex. A traditional bonsai subject. Ginkgo need to be grown out to achieve a fairly large trunk caliper to be successful bonsai. They bud back very well, so there is no need to begin branch development early. They can easily be 'trunk chopped' to gain taper and trunk movement. They are adapted to formal and informal upright styling and often the branches are trained upward in a 'flame' arrangement, although this is not strictly necessary. Smaller Ginkgo can be used for group plantings.

4350 Ginkgo biloba Unsexed seedling trees are the most affordable bonsai material. Ginkgo will not form branches for several years. Our 2 3/4 inch pots are one year and older whips and 4 to 6 inches tall.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8
FOUR INCH POTS $12

4352 Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold' An upright and broad male cultivar with exceptional gold yellow fall coloring. Low grafts suitable for bonsai or landscape.
ONE GALLON SIZE GRAFTS $30

Hedera helix (English Ivy)PS\Sh\-30ø\RG\Ls\B Evergreen woody vines. Distinctive heart shaped leaves, English Ivy comes in hundreds of shapes and sizes. We are mostly concerned with the smaller leaf forms suitable for rock garden and bonsai. All are tough, easy to grow plants. Excellent bonsai for beginners and may be kept in the house. 

4620 Hedera helix 'Gnome' Very small leaf form that makes a dome of foliage on a short upright stem Leaves are black green turning purplish in winter. Excellent bonsai material for mame.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8

5215 Ilex serrata (Japanese Winterberry) S\PS\M\-20ø zone 5\B . Deciduous shrub 4 to 10 feet with white flowers and red berries in winter on leafless stems. The flowers are quite small and the brilliant red berries are about 3/16 inch. In a good year, the shrub is covered with berries. Highly valued as bonsai for its winter display. This species is dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants) but will set (probably sterile) fruit without the presence of the male. Having a male plant nearby may increase fruit production. Please specify female or male plants.
2 3/4 INCH POTS (female plants)$10 
2 3/4 INCH POTS (male plants) Available again in 2011

5350 Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter Jasmine, Obai) S\PS\-20ø\Ls Deciduous vine-like shrub. Long arching stems to 10 feet. Yellow blooms in late winter cover the leafless stems. Grows best in cool climates. This is a traditional flowering bonsai species. This species takes a very long time to form a woody trunk. Don't be fooled by the pictures of these in bonsai books. They are collected plants. You will not get a sizeable trunk in your lifetime from a nursery grown plant. They do make nice accent plants however. 2 3/4 INCH POTS $8  FOUR INCH POTS $12

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