Nostalgia reigns in the garden as leaves begin to fall and the crisp scents of autumn begin to fill the air. Our rains have begun here in the Pacific Northwest and the trees are settling into the waiting months of winter and spring. We look back with longing to the...

Join us for the annual Fall Bonsai Show and Sale— tomorrow! Our fifth anniversary has come and gone while we were in quarantine.. so we’ve decided to welcome visitors one at a time to the bonsai garden. Stroll under the Dawn Redwood, and enjoy a peaceful fall day...

This extraordinary specimen came to me in a collection of neglected trees bought a few years back. I saw dramatic potential then, even half dead, and with burned foliage. Fortunately, Japanese Maples are resilient species, and I was able to refresh the tree's vitality...

This wonderful tree has taken ten years' development to achieve what I envisioned when I chopped it...! So it is possible to wait for the desired results.... I am not a patient person, but when a vision comes I can find a way to let the tree evolve into its perfect...

This maple features the tiny leaves with pink edging of this unique cultivar. Found in a garden many years ago, it was culled and sat languishing until I was offered it for sale in 2017. I have restored it to full health and discovered its identity by scouring the...

Our next Open Studio is scheduled to take place the weekend after Mother's Day-- May 16th and 17th, 2020.  Also, if you'd like to come before then, appointments are available. We will be observing the health protocols issued by the Oregon Nursery Association, to keep...

Bonsai Akira Nursery will proceed as planned with our first Open Studio of the spring season. Following Oregon Nursery Association guidelines for health and safety, and after a lengthy self-imposed quarantine to ensure your protection, we will welcome visitors to my...

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--...