Chaenomeles speciosa is well known for its vibrant orange/salmon blossoms and wide branching, giving a rich horizontal focus with exquisite long-lived blooms. This specimen has woken my senses with neat fan-shaped branching pattern and exceptional color. A resilient...

I have fallen in love! This time with new varieties of Camellia japonica, a long flowering variety which features clear and vibrant colors. Familiar to some as the cultivar "Unryu," japonica camellias have deep vase shaped cups of vivid colors--"Korean Fire" is the...

Bonsai Akira has the great good fortune to be exhibiting in a group show featuring flowering bonsai, wall art, and accompanying bonsai stands, vessels and other items, in a local and very eclectic gallery in Oregon's prime tourist destination--Hood River. This spring...

While most of us get excited about fall colors on Japanese Maples, those who work closely with them get to know the distinctive spring foliage as it emerges and recognize the tree's species and cultivar by the distinct pattern, texture and coloration of the fine early...

We are deeply concerned not to be spreading the corona virus to loved ones and strangers-- so the nursery is currently closed to visitors to comply with the Shelter in Place mandate of our State Governor. Please be patient as we navigate this new terrain together. We...

This beautiful specimen is actually two dwarf shrubs growing into one design over time. The Lorapetalum is a stellar performer in early spring, sending its halo of crimson above reddish tinged leaves. Evergreen in our climate (zone 7a), Chinese Fringeflower is a...

My newest planting is a beautifully structured Winterhazel-- Corylopsis pauciflora "Buttercup"-- styled in a wide spreading profile and placed in a custom vessel from Bell Hill Pottery in New Hampshire. Here's hoping you like it! I staged it next to the one in my...

Viburnum bodnatense "Dawn" is quite early this year. Blooms are usually set in late January, but this specimen was ready to come indoors in flower in mid-December to grace the dining area. Subtle fragrance awaits the intimate approach as the bare branches speak...

Experience the joy of winter blooming plants in your own home! Kokedama is "moss wrapping"-- creating a basket out of moss for a plant to live in. I have perfected this floral art form and am now introducing kokedama to my available items. Starting with the most...

As the nursery grows, we are more eager to welcome visitors-- even when the weather is frightful! So this season we'll be bringing plants indoors to feature winter blooming species, and gentle conifers of the table gracing varieties, surrounded by our latest passion--...

Just in time for the Holidays! I'm offering a $5 discount on all Tee Shirts, Hoodies, Sweat shirts and Tote Bags. Tees in Black, Pink, Natural/Cream, and Green. $20 till Christmas. Hoodies $40-- available in natural only. Men's Sweat Shirts in Battleship grey-- $30....

The Burmese Flame Maple-- Acer ginnala -- is well known for its astonishing color changes as fall devolves to winter. This specimen, about twenty year old now, has found its forever home in a refined stoneware container from Natasha Borodovsky, a well-known bonsai...

An older specimen from a local landscape nursery, this Picea has revealed itself to me over time as a graceful and sturdy bonsai with remarkable longevity. Now about thirty years of age, it was first styled in 2015 when I acquired it in the original nursery...

Fall colors abound in the bonsai garden this week! After last week's show from the Eastern Sumac, a steady progression of brilliant color changes accompany the visitor as the Japanese Maples and Hornbeams begin their journey into the winter season's rest. There's a...

This is Rhus aromatica, or Fragrant Sumac, an Eastern US native species. This lovely variety has all the perks-- magnificent fall raiment, wide branching structure, full-bodied elegance as a bonsai. I've never seen it as bonsai anywhere else-- a one of a kind...

Better come on over-- the trees are calling! You can find details, address, etc on the Events page of this site. Bonsai Akira is one of 100+ studios in a juried art walk of Portland next month. We'll be open during daytime hours, from 11:00AM to 5:00PM each of two...

Bonsai Akira has been chosen to participate in the premiere art tour of our "River City"-- occurring the two middle weekends of October annually. Only 100 artists are selected to offer studio tours to the public, which include talks and demonstrations of their...