SISKIYOU GARDENS BONSAI NURSERY
Rachel Winters, owner

Our selection includes finished bonsai in ceramic pots for gifts or yourself;  bonsai starts for the bonsai hobbiest;  and larger plants for your landscape or larger containers. Many rare and unusual trees and shrubs are available.  We have been told by visitors that our selection of bonsai starts is larger than anywhere they have shopped between the urban centers of California and Portland and that the prices are very reasonable.  We do not ship plants at this time but welcome appointments to visit and check out our stock.

We have in stock:

• Japanese maple varieties including Acer palmatum, A. buergeranum  (trident), Acer capillepes (stripebark), Acer griseum (paperbark), Acer sieboldianum,  Acer japonicum:  Maples in all sizes from bonsai to specimen. Variegated forms, colored foliage and more.
• Montpelier maple (Acer montspessulanum) and hedge maple (Acer campestre) have a 3-lobed leaf and are sun and cold tolerant.
• Hornbeams including Carpinus koreana, Carpinus turzaninovii, Carpinus betulus and Carpinus japonicum.  Easy, naturally twisty bonsai subjects.
• European beeches (Fagus sylvatica): Nothing beats the beech for beautiful form and exposed roots.
• Katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicus):  The nursery cat is named “Katsura”, or “Katsy” for short. He loves friendly visitors.
• Spike winter hazel (Corylopsis spicata) has lemon yellow flowers in early spring. An easy to grow bonsai.
• Bamboo-leaf oak (Quercus myrsinifolia).  A beautiful evergreen for large containers.
• Good bonsai candidates for forests and groves:  European larches (Larix decidua), Dwarf arctic willow (Salix purpurea nana) and Japanese cryptomeria (Cryptomeria japonica ‘tansu’) and many more.
• Mini- bonsai:  Morris Midget and Kingswood boxwood and Tom Thumb cotoneaster are slow growing and make great gifts.
• Conifers:  Selection includes many varieties of Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis sp.), Canadian and Japanese hemlock (Tsuga sp.), Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria sp.) plus spruces, balsam fir and lacebark pines. These are also available in larger sizes to grace your entry way or water garden.

Rachel’s plants are either propagated from cuttings, many right at the Nursery;  or grown up from seedlings. Since they are not grafted they will not revert back to a different type and are usually hardier. Since they have not been shipped in from outside the area or raised in a greenhouse they are hardy and disease free.

Bonsai pot selection includes Chinese and Japanese ceramic, mica and plastic.  We also have ceramic pots handmade by Rachel and other local potters.

Classes are held at Siskiyou Gardens Nursery, 2460 Sand Creek Road in Grants Pass

Bonsai for Beginners: Friday, May 16, 9:30-12:30. Learn the basics and take home a Japanese maple or Korean hornbeam tree in a bonsai pot. $30.00. Tools for use during class are provided.

Special Techniques: Friday, May 23, 9:30-12:30. $20.00 class fee. Creating a bonsai grove; working with larger plants; propagation techniques for growing your own bonsai; wiring - questions and answers and hands-on help with some more advanced techniques.

Propagation Workshop: Thursday, May 29, 11-2 p.m. $20.00 class fee. The basic methods to easily grow more trees, shrubs, herbs and perennials including cuttings, layering, division and seeding. Grafting is not covered. You don’t have to be a bonsai person to take this class.

If there is another topic of interest to you get together 4 or 5 friends or family members and we’ll set up a class to suit you. Private lessons can also be arranged, especially if you have a bonsai that needs repotting and pruning and you need a bit of advise on what to do.

Give me a call to sign up for one of these workshops. (476-6243)