This Euonymus alatus was salvaged from our yard where it was a neglected landscape shrub. The tree responded very nicely to pot culture and developed well ramified branches in several years. It even blooms and sets fruit most years. The fruit is a hanging orange berry. It must be repotted yearly as the fine hair…

Fortunella hindsii or Hong Kong Kumquat is in the citrus family of plants. It tolerates pot culture better than many of the other plants in the citrus family. I purchased this tree as a seedling about 18 years ago from a Florida grower. The species is seen frequently in the Kokufu Ten Japanese picture books…

This full sized Schefflera was purchased as two seedlings in 1990 for one dollar! The trees were planted on a stone which is now buried under the massive root base of this tree. It has grown under lights for all these years, and has event spent a year or two under fluorescent lights in an…

This tree was purchased in Taiwan in 1989 and shipped by air to the United States. It has lived very happily in my greenhouse for these years. It has been encouraged to develop secondary and tertiary branching and a general refinement of its structure. The trunk has seemingly not grown but the branches have thickened…

This European white birch tree was collected from the wild and shortened back. It has lovely white bark and is a vigorous grower. It is susceptible to birch leaf miner and needs to be sprayed to prevent this unsightly leaf damage. Otherwise the tree is vigorous and needs no special care. It will sucker from…

This plant was purchased in 1993. The tree is easy to grow and is not susceptible to insect problems. It likes to be kept moist but not constantly wet. It is fertilized when in active growth. It can be brought into flower by removing all the leaves and about 3 weeks later flowers will form…

This strawberry Guava has lived indoors under lights for the last 11 years and has flowered and fruited only twice in all these years. The fruit is 1.5 inches in diameter and brick red when ripe. See fruit by clicking here. It is a delicious treat that actually tastes like a strawberry. It fruited recently…

This planting was done as a demonstration for the Ann Arbor Bonsai Society in August of 1989. The individual plants were container grown for several years from bird seeded cotoneasters found in my back yard. Although the time of year was wrong for transplanting, the show went on, and the plants were bare rooted, root…

This Ficus microcarpa was obtained in 1984 from David Fukumoto of Fuku Bonsai, Hawaii . The tree's progress was slow in its first few years due to my inexperience with the material, especially a reluctance to trim it hard and often. Once I learned this plant's requirements, the tree's progress accelerated. Over the next few…

This twin trunk Eastern larch, Larix laricina, was found on a bog in Northern Michigan and collected in the fall of 1985 and placed into a growing bed. It was potted into this container and has remained there for the last 19 years. It is repotted every two or three years. At the time of…