Indoor and Outdoor Bonsai Trees and Bonsai Tools
Your source for the Japanese age old horticultural artform of Bonsai
Bonsai... a Japanese word meaning "tray-planted," bonsai refers to the art of training drawf trees and growing the miniaturized trees in pots or containers. Bonsai trees are dwarfed by pruning roots and branches to create an artistic sculpture. Whether you are interested in raising Bonsai trees as hobby or profession, Bonsai Tree Source has everything you need to succeed including artificial Bonsai trees, seeds, trees, pots, tools, and useful articles and tips.
Today's Most Popular Bonsai Trees and Products
Weeping White Birch (betula pendula 'trosts dwarf') - Sale Price: $39.95This dwarf only grows to 3-4 feet tall, and is highly sought after for bonsai. It has a fine textured thread-leafed light green foliage that looks like a weeping laceleaf maple. Has a peeling bark trunk with pendulous catkins. Distinctive white bark which is colored by a pigment called, appropriately enough, betulin. Much loved for bonsai because of their elegant beauty. Does not do well in shade. Decideous. Keep outdoors. 7 years old. 13"-15" tall. Suitable 10"x8" humidity tray is recommended. To purchase add $4.95. Shipped via UPS 2-3 days - $13.95.
Bonsai Tweezers - Sale Price: $13.95Use to remove dead leaves, insects, weeds and other fine debris around the base of bonsai, the symmtrically-shaped spatula is well suited for tamping soil and the semi-sharp edge works well for scraping soil and loosening soil around the edges of containers. Shipped via UPS ground - $7.95.
European Beech (fagus sylvatica) - Sale Price: $250Naturally low branched tree with attractive glossy green ovate leaves which look similar in appearance to those of a Hornbeam. Variable leaves that are generally a bit wider than Japanese Beech. Smooth silvery-gray bark is quite ornamental. The bark looks like elephant skin on older specimens. The wood is almost white and is used most often in toys and furniture. The most distinctive feature of the Beech is its unmistakable cigar-shaped buds. These buds are rather tender. Natures way of protecting these buds is for the Beech to retain its dead leaves throughout winter. Decideous. Keep outdoors. 8-14 years old - 7 tree group which includes two purple Beech (fagus sylvatica 'purpurea'). 25"x18"x20". Potted in a 19" brown oval mica container as shown. Suitable 18"x13" humidity tray is recommended. To purchase add $11.95. Shipped via UPS ground - $95.00.
Ceramic Pot - 4.75" x 10.25" - Sale Price: $59.954.75"x10.25". Square unglazed cascade with etched designs. Shipped via UPS ground - $9.95.
White Spruce (picea glauca 'skipjack') - Sale Price: $175The evergreen needles of the Skipjack vary in color from bright green to blue-green and are finer and softer than those of most other Spruces. Likes sun. Keep outdoors. 14 years old. 18" x 16" x 21". Potted in a 10" ceramic brown octagon container with etched design as shown. Suitable 14.5" x 10.5" humidity tray is recommended. To purchase add $11.95. Shipped via UPS ground - $59.95
