Pictures of Evergreen Gardenworks trees

aaron — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:56:15 +0000

Here’s the pictures of the Evergreen Gardenworks pre-bonsai trees that I purchased. These will be left alone for 3-5 years while they fatten up a little bit before I try to convert them to bonsai. The weeping atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica var. Pendulum) should be particularly interesting, since they are very nice full-grown. You’ll also notice that the Atlas Cedar is not a Blue Atlas, but just the standard form. I don’t usually like variegated color forms since they don’t give me an impression of an older tree.

Weeping Atlas Cedar

Atlas Cedar

Shimpaku Juniper

Evergreen Gardenworks Purchases

aaron — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:08:17 +0000

Brent Walston’s site has been very helpful to me over the past few months of learning about bonsai from any source that I could get to. He is an experienced grower with a variety of trees in his bonsai nursery. He has lots of articles that describe in detail the information he has gathered and learned over the years. I highly recommend checking it out. I really wanted to buy some bonsai trees from his nursery for a couple of reasons. One, he has a good variety and I could get trees that aren’t available in my area. 2. With his contributions to bonsai, I wanted to support his business. Here’s what I purchased.

Cedrus atlantica (Atlas Cedar) -10° Pale blue green foliage in tufts, much used for formal upright bonsai. Native to the Atlas mountains of North Africa.

Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca Pendula’ (Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar) Similar to above in needle length and color, but this cultivar is perfectly prostrate and must be staked or trained. It can be worked into any shape but continues to grow and develop a large caliper just like its tree counterpart.

Juniperus chinensis ‘Shimpaku’ (Shimpaku Juniper) The classic Japanese bonsai species. Deep green soft scaly foliage to about 3 feet x 6 feet makes a very dense flat mound. Pinching the tips keeps it very compact. Excellent rock garden plant.

I’m really excited about the trees that he sent and are hoping they have a good future. It’ll take a few years before I even think about pruning them, but I’ll have species that aren’t very common in this area as bonsai.

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Pictures of Evergreen Gardenworks trees

Evergreen Gardenworks Purchases