Evergreen Gardenworks
2008
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
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8
FOUR INCH POTS $12

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.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8
FOUR INCH POTS $12

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 

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 2009

3260 Crataegus x media 'Crimson Cloud' (English hawthorn 'Crimson Cloud') . Formerly Crataegus laevigata 'Crimson Cloud'. Semi-double flowers of white petals with red edging giving them a reddish pink appearance. Cutting grown plants of this variety have good potential for bonsai since ugly graft unions (and flower delay in seedlings) can be avoided. Waiting List

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 FOUR INCH POTS $18 Available  Oct '08

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.

3305 Cryptomeria japonica 'Bandai-sugi' RG\Ls\B Irregular upright growth to about 6 feet in ten years with short clustered dark green foliage. Shape is similar to that of Hollywood Juniper.
2 3/4 INCH POTS $8 SORRY SOLD OUT

3330 Cryptomeria japonica 'Jindai-sugi' RG\Ls\B Conical habit to 6 to 9 feet with great age. Compact and regular growth and densely branched. Green color summer and winter. Good for upright (formal) bonsai.
Available Again in 2008

3332 Cryptomeria japonica 'Kelly's Fastigate' RG\Ls\B A dwarf, almost columnar plant. Grows about two inches a year. Ultimate height unknown, probably about four feet. Very dense dark green typical foliage. Excellent rock garden choice or bonsai candidate. Introduced by Herb Kelly of Kelly's Plant World, Sanger CA.
Available Again in 2008

3340 Cryptomeria japonica 'Lobbii Nana' RG\Ls\B Dwarf form to about 4 feet with dense deep green growth somewhat bronze in winter. Short straight tight needles and nice rough bark. Peeling red bark small branching make this cultivar perfect for group planting bonsai, the effect is a miniature grove of Cryptomeria. Also makes a nice formal upright
Available again in 2008

3345 Cryptomeria japonica 'Tansu' RG\Ls\B Dwarf form to about 3 feet in 10 years with dark green fine foliage. Very dense. A fat irregular pyramid. This is a very popular cultivar for bonsai and like 'Lobbi Nana' it makes excellent group planting bonsai or formal upright.
Available again in 2008

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. 2 3/4 INCH POTS $8

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