Evergreen Gardenworks
2022
Specimen
Catalog
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Species Listed (updated Febuary 2021)
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Specimen
plants are one of a
kind offerings. These are larger plants
and/or more fully trained plants for bonsai, or plants so rare that
they are best sold individually. Each plant is individually described,
identified, and pictured. Prices vary according to the degree of
training, caliper, and sheer potential for bonsai. This list will be
constantly changing, so check back often for new listings. Plants are
organized in the same fashion as our regular catalog, alphabetically by
genus and
species. Please refer to the Plant
Catalog for the general species description. Be sure to use
each
plant's individual code number for
ordering purposes.
Prices
do not include shipping. Please request
a shipping quote to your Zip Code Area. Shipping is via Priority Mail.
Your shipping quote will be very close to the actual USPS cost plus a
small charge for materials. All shipments are quaranteed to arrive
safely. California residents will be charged 7.5% sales tax.
This is a very exciting development for our nursery.
We have been
growing most of these plants for over ten years just to be able to
offer
exciting potential bonsai. You will find them fully described,
including size, shape, caliper, nebari, trunk movement, etc. The strong
and weak points of each plant will be listed. Often there will also be
a tentative plan described for future development. We hope you will
enjoy exploring them!
Trident Maple, Acer
buergerianum
More Coming
Hedge Maple, Acer campestre
Hedge
maple is a an excellent tree for beginners. It is tough and easy to
grow. It grows fast giving you a lot to do, but the leaves and
internodes reduce nicely. It is very widely adapted.
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Acer palmatum
0502-116
Acer palmatum small leaf small seed
Dwarf Japanese Maple
A tiny 10 inch small leaf maple with a 1 1/4 inch caliper base with
an unusual low trunk turn. It is just beginning to bud out in these
photos. Very attractive nebari. Ready for bonsai pot.
Tree
in one gallon size pot. $500
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0649-072
Acer palmatum 'Yuri Hime'
Dwarf Japanese Maple
A tiny 10 inch 'Yuri Hime' maple with a 1 inch caliper base with an
unusual low trunk turn. It is just beginning to bud out in these
photos. Very attractive nebari. Ready for bonsai pot.
Tree
in one gallon size pot. $500 SOLD!
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Acer ginnala,
Amur
maple. The following maples are very old seedlings started in 1991.
They have always been kept small and have been continually pruned back.
All are in one gallon pots that have been cut down, so they are ready
for bonsai pots. They are trunk finished and most have all their major
branches. The branches will need development from this point, although
some already have a good degree of ramification. These are
Fall photos (2015) so that you can see the structure and get a clear
view of the trunk. The trunks have been painted with lime sulfur so
that the lower portions that are water stained will match the light
gray bark. This coloration will even out by spring. Amur maple has a
lot of deadwood in nature, and the wood is soft and rots easily, so a
wood hardener is recommended as soon as the desired deadwood color is
obtained.
0425-141
Acer ginnala Amur maple A tiny 12 inch Amur
maple with a 3 inch caliper base sprouted from the dead trunk of its
parent. Very attractive nebari. Very beautiful dead trunk feature,
will need Minwax wood hardener to stop the loss of more dead wood.
Ready for bonsai pot.
Tree
in one gallon size pot. $550
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0425-145
Acer ginnala Amur maple 1 1/2
inch caliper, 13 inches tall. Unusual ancient trunk with enlarged
base. Acceptable branching
and nebari. Ready for bonsai pot.
Tree
in one gallon size pot. $450 SOLD!
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0425-300
Acer ginnala Amur maple A tiny 12 inch Amur
maple with a 3 inch caliper base sprouted from the dead trunk of its
parent. Very attractive nebari. Very beautiful dead trunk feature,
will need Minwax wood hardener to stop the loss of more dead wood.
Ready for bonsai pot.
Tree
in 10 inch plastic pot. $1550
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Chaenomeles
It is
exceedingly difficult to grow specimen sized Chaenomeles,
or
Flowering Quince. This shrubby species does not form a single trunk in
nature, but rather is a continuously suckering cluster of thin stems.
Growing a larger trunk requires endless removal of the suckering stems
to a select single stem or clump. Getting a one inch caliper trunk
requires at least a decade or more of growing. The following specimen
are all over twenty years old with stems approximately one inch caliper
for most. The one gallon cans are about six inches across to give you a
measuring reference. Another problem is a lack of branching and
ramification. These trees below are in the beginning stages of
ramification, but with regular pinching, they will ramify now that the
trunks are finished or nearly finished. A third problem with flowering
quince is getting any kind of bark texture and interest, even on very
old stems. This problem has been solved for us by the industrious work
of voles, that have sometimes eaten large portions of the bark, but the
plants have survived and replaced the old bark with a nice rough
textured bark. Without this damage the rough bark would have never
formed. Indeed, the bark and nebari is what makes the plants below so
valuable. It is nearly impossible to find quince with good bark,
nebari, and trunk movement.
Since these are some
of the oldest plants in the nursery, they have suffered years of abuse
but have survived and developed into unique trees. Unfortunately, they
have often lost their ID tags in the process. Where this has happened,
I have ventured a guess as to the identity, but I will be able to ID
them all next spring when they flower. So, if you purchase one now
without a positive ID, you will be able to have me identify it for next
year if you send me a photo. Of course this means takinga
chance on flower color. For me, this isn't a big deal on a specimen
quince since it is the trunk that is the real value here, but if flower
color is the most important characteristic for you, then please choose
one with a positive ID.
To give you a sense of the
rarity of these unusual specimen, I have grown thousands of quince over
the years, and of these thousands, only the handful below have
developed into trunks that I consider worthy to be called specimen. AND
there will never be any more from our nursery.
2370-205
Chaenomeles 'Toyo
Nishiki' About a
1 1/2 inch caliper above a swollen nebari. Unusual tree for a great
accent when in bloom. Old vole damage to the trunk has completely
barked over to give a warty texture.
. Ready for bonsai pot.
Tree
in 8 inch size plastic pot. $300 SOLD!
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4040-102
Fagus sylvatica Old 25 year Specimen English
Beech showing large 2 inch caliper trunk with mature branches and
almost finished ramification. Nicely swollen base. This tree would
make an excellent specimen or a terrific #1 tree for a forest.
Specimen tree in three gallon pot $800
SOLD!
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Liquidambar
orientalis
This oriental sweetgum is similar to
our southern sweetgum, L. styraciflua except that it's fall color is
pure yellow with occasional tinges of red and orange, the leaves are
more indented and rounded, and it is better
behaved for bonsai. It still throws fat wild shoots in the spring that
can be avoided by disbudding the terminal buds as they begin to swell.
It has fantastic dark furrowed, almost black bark that matures rather
quickly as you can see from the specimen below. These specimen were
grown out for trunks, which are now finished or nearly so. They were
root pruned and repotted in squat cut off five gallon pots creating a
nice shallow root ball of about 4 inches. The branches were pruned back
or removed, and now it is time to develop ramificiation. A few will
need critical branches, but this is very easy since this species will
literally explode with buds in the spring, most of which will need to
be rubbed off, but some can be left for needed branches. This species
tends to form thick roots. Wherever possible, these have been removed,
but it is very difficult to get a very refined nebari, so don't let
that weigh on your decision.
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Malus Crabapple.
Crabs
make wonderful bonsai specimen. Many of our trees are one gallon pots
and destined to be shohin, which is quite a challenge give the usually
larger leaves and coarse internodes. But it can be done with constant
attention to pinching and by using the smaller cultivars such as M.
sieboldii x, M. sargentii
'Tina', M.
'Sugar Tyme', and M.
'Mary Potter. All of our cultivars are suitable for bonsai, but may
have to be used for medium to larger bonsai. Crabs are vigorous and
cold hardy trees. The flowers and fruit make a wonderful show, and most
have beautiful Fall color as well. Being fruit trees, crabs suffer from
many of the same pests and diseases as their larger fruiting cousins.
Aphids, woolly aphids, scale, and other sucking insects are fairly
easily controlled with a systemic insecticide containing imidicloprid
or disyston. They should not be sprayed with Malathion. Winter spraying
with fixed copper fungicide will control most fungal diseases.
Horticultural oils also work well.
6100-235
Malus'Donald Wyman' A very tall
graceful feminine tree with good trunk movement. .
Specimen tree in a one gallon pot $350
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6100-223
Malus'Donald Wyman' Old 25 year
Specimen tree showing large 2 inch caliper stubby trunk with
mature branches and almost finished ramification. Fantastic
gnarled nebari. This tree flowers and fruits well.
Specimen tree in three gallon pot $1200
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6100-315
Malus'Donald Wyman'A graceful
moving trunk line. Nice slightly swollen base and good nebari.
Specimen tree in a one gallon pot $400
Sold!
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6130-017
Malus'Hopa' Old
1 inch trunk and decent nebari, 18 inches tall. Good trunk
movement. Plenty
of
branches to work with. Deep purple new foliage color and small red
apples.
Capable of decent leaf reduction and ramification as can be seen
here,
but proper pruning is must.
Specimen tree
in one gallon pot $300
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6130-022
Malus'Hopa' Wonderful moving trunk
on this specimen, good branching and some mature ramification.
Specimen tree
in one gallon pot $500 SOLD!
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6180-239
Malus'Mary Potter' An unusual very
old specimen with some very attractive deadwood feature at the
base. The lower arm is extended to fattern the first branch.
Imagine it shorter to see the outline of the final tree which is
slanted
Specimen tree
in one gallon pot $400
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6200-059
Malus 'Profusion'
Red fall color and small red apples. New purple
foliage and deep pink flowers. Red summer foliage. One inch
caliper, 12 inches wide by 15 inches tall. One of the best for
leaf reduction and ramification,
but proper pruning is a must.
Specimen tree
in one gallon pot $400
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6200-235
Malus'Profusion'
Old
1 1/2 inch trunk, 16 inches tall, and decent
nebari. Good
trunk movement. Plenty
of
branches to work with. Red fall color and small red apples. New
purple
foliage and deep pink flowers can be seen in photo. One of the
best for
leaf reduction and ramification as can be seen here,
but proper pruning is a must.
Specimen tree
in one gallon pot $400
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6210-235
Malus'Radiant' A graceful tall
feminine tree with a gentle moving trunk.
Specimen tree
in one gallon pot $300 SOLD!
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6220-053
Malus'Red Jewel' This tree has an
attractive severe trunk turn at the bottom giving it a radical
change of direction. Good movement in the rest of the trunk too.
Branches in place with beginnings of ramification
Specimen tree
in one gallon pot $300
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6220-117
Malus 'Red Jewel'
Old
1 inch trunk, 18 inches tall, and decent nebari. Good trunk
movement. Plenty
of
branches to work with. Green new foliage with yellow and red fall
color
and small red apples. Capable of decent leaf reduction and
ramification
as can be seen here,
but proper pruning is must.
Specimen tree
in one gallon pot $400
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6250-051
Malus'Snowdrift' Another tree with
a steep bend in the lower trunk. This could be slant style, or a
semi cascade. Good branching and the beginnings of ramification.
Specimen tree
in one gallon pot $500 SOLD!
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6572-155
Olea europaea (Dwarf
Olive)
Dwarf olive with a 2 1/2 burl base. Ready for a bonsai pot.
Cutting grown
from our nursery.
Specimen tree
in 9 inch plastic pot $400
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6572-120
Olea europaea (Dwarf
Olive)
35 year old dwarf olive 18x18 inches with a seven inch burl
base. One
of our best olives. Burl and stem styling with very good branching
and
excellent ramification already. Ready for a bonsai pot. Cutting
grown
from our nursery.
Specimen tree
in 10 inch plastic pot $3,000
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6572-020
Olea europaea (Dwarf
Olive)
4 inch burl base. Burl and stem styling with very good branching
and
excellent ramification already. Ready for a bonsai pot. Cutting
grown
from our nursery.
Specimen tree
in 10 inch plastic pot $850
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6572-162
Olea europaea (Dwarf
Olive)
7 inch burl base. Burl and stem styling with very good branching
and
excellent ramification already. Attractive deadwood in burl. Ready
for a bonsai pot. Cutting grown
from our nursery.
Specimen tree
in 10 inch plastic pot $950
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7950-020
Quercus agrifolia California Coast
Live Oak. 2 1/4 inch caliper trunk. The base is everything on
this tree, even a fat shohin possible
Tree
in shortened 8 inch wide pot. $300 SOLD!
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7950-030
Quercus agrifolia California Coast
Live Oak. 2 1/4 inch caliper trunk. Several different designs
possible
Tree
in shortened 8 inch wide pot. $400
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7950-040
Quercus agrifolia California Coast
Live Oak. 2 1/4 inch caliper trunk with an enormous dinner
plate spread. The rest of it really doesn't matter, several
different
designs
possible to build on these bones
Tree
in shortened 8 inch wide pot. $800
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7950-060
Quercus agrifolia California Coast
Live Oak. 2 1/4 inch caliper trunk. Another great base just
waiting for a tree to be built on it. Lower crossing branch is a
sacrifice, or could be shortened and used as a first branch on a
short
tree.
Tree
in shortened 8 inch wide pot. $700
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Ulmus
9610, 9650, 9680, Ulmus parvifolia
'Corticosa', 'Seiju', 'Yatsubusa' (Cork Bark Chinese Elms)
The
following collection ofelms were started by Brent as cuttings
in the late 1980's. A few were field grown at one point, but
most were container grown by the "escape method". These are mostly
trunkfinished trees approximately 25 years old. You won't
find
any 'stove
pipe' straight trunks here, only well tapered four inch plus trunks
with great movement and mature bark. Nearly all the old scars are
healed over and
invisible. Now it is time to begin final branch and apex formation.
Most had all
the branches removed or stubbed back in 2009 and 2010, although a
couple have had more advanced branch training. All were repotted in
2011 or 2012. They are potted in 15 inch square by 5 inch deep mesh
bottom
Anderson pots. They are photographed after pruning so that you can
see the whole structure. I can honestly say that there are
virtually no other trees like these in the US. We must have payment in
order to reserve them until they are shipped. You can use the side of
the
pot (15 inches) to estimate the trunk size and height. A few smaller
elms will be included this year, for those on a budget and want to grow
their own trunks, or use them for shohin and smaller size bonsai.
9600-110
Ulmus parvifolia 'Catlin'
An enormous Dwarf Catlin elm in a 15 inch Anderson flat. A
tremendous amount of ramification. Base of the tree is
approximately 8 inches. You are unlikely to find a 'Catlin' this
large anywhere.
Tree
in shortened five gallon pot $1500 SOLD!
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9600-227
Ulmus parvifolia 'Catlin'
Dwarf Catlin suitable for shohin with1 1/8
inch
caliper trunk and 8 inches tall. Excellent ramificiation. Recently
repotted into an 8 inch plastic pot
Tree
in shortened five gallon pot $500
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9650-201
Ulmus parvifolia 'Seiju' Massive
trunk which you can guage by how much of the 15 inch Anderson flat
it
covers. Excellent rootage and nebari. Orange color is from recent
moss
removing and cleaning of trunk. An application of lime sulfur will
restore natural matching color. This is definitely a one a kind
tree
which only needs final branch work. This tree will worth two or
three
times this price in a year or two.
Specimen tree $1500
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9670-110 Ulmus parvifolia 'Fuiri'
Beautiful little 'Fuiri' Chinese elm 1 1/2 inch caliper, 12 inches
tall. Very striking lemon yellow new foliage. Not a cork bark, but
rather the peeling scales of the species. Good branching and
ramification. 10 inch shallow plastic pot.
Specimen tree $700 SOLD!
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9670-128 Ulmus parvifolia 'Fuiri'
Larger '' with a great moving trunk. 2 1/2 inch caliper trunk.
Size is 20 x 20 inches. Bold nebari. 10 inch shallow plastic pot.
Specimen tree $1500
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9680-223 Ulmus parvifolia 'Yatsubusa' 'Yatsubusa' double trunk
with 4 inch base caliper trunk with good movement. Good branching
and ramification. 10 inch shallow plastic pot.
Specimen tree $850
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9680-239 Ulmus parvifolia 'Yatsubusa' 'Yatsubusa' broom style
with a 2 1/2 inch base caliper trunk. A really excellent nebari,
which is difficult to get on these cork bark elms. Good branching
and ramification in its new pale green foliage. 8 inch shallow
plastic pot.
Specimen tree $500 SOLD!
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9975-010
Zelkova serrata A stubby
zelkova that has had the trunk shortened to create the crown from
the
three large branches. Scar from the removal should be carved or
left to
rot into shari. Good secondary branching already. 8 inch plastic
pot.
Specimen tree $400
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9975-080
Zelkova serrata This Zelkova has an
exceptonal nebari and a good trunk, lower branching is excellent.
It needs to be shortened and a new apex formed. Good buy for an
excellent tree in just a few years. 8 inch plastic pot.
Specimen tree $600
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9990-120
Zelkova carpinifolia A
shorter carpinifolia that could make a very striking shohin, 1 1/2
caliper, 12 inches tall. Broad
base, plenty of branches to work with, irregular trunk adds
interest in
a small bonsai. 3 gallon
plastic pot.
Specimen tree $600
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