Bonsai Specimens

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Green Globe'
Common names: lawson false cypress, port orford's cypress

It is a large evergreen coniferous tree, regularly reaching 50-70 m (200 ft) tall, with feathery foliage in flat sprays, usually somewhat glaucous blue-green in colour. The leaves are scale-like, 3-5 mm long, with narrow white markings on the underside, and produced on somewhat flattened shoots.



Wisteria sinensis
Common name: Chinese wisteria

Wisteria can also be grown as a single trunk standard or a tree-form. To accomplish this, the plant must be staked in an upright position. When it has reached four to five feet in height its top is cut off. Side shoots are allowed to develop on the upper part, but are continually removed from the lower stem. Side shoots are pruned each winter to six inches to a foot in length until the top is as large as desired. Future pruning consists of cutting summer shoots to the sixth or seventh leaf as soon as it expands and of cutting off secondary shoots that develop just beyond the first or second leaf. In winter, these secondary shoots are cut back to within an inch of their base.

Others to consider:
Burgundy Japanese maple
Japanese black pine
Azalea - When planting azaleas, use selections that won't outgrow the space.
Satsuki Hybrids such as 'Gumpo' grow only about 3 feet tall,