by Lucy Davenport | May 15, 2020 | General |
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...
by Lucy Davenport | May 2, 2020 | General |
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...
by Lucy Davenport | Apr 17, 2020 | General |
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...
by Lucy Davenport | Mar 28, 2020 | General |
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...
by Lucy Davenport | Mar 28, 2020 | General |
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...
by Lucy Davenport | Mar 28, 2020 | General |
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....
by Lucy Davenport | Mar 25, 2020 | General |
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...
by Lucy Davenport | Mar 24, 2020 | General |
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...
by Lucy Davenport | Mar 15, 2020 | General |
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...
by Lucy Davenport | Mar 5, 2020 | General |
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...
by Lucy Davenport | Dec 19, 2019 | General |
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...
by Lucy Davenport | Dec 16, 2019 | General |
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...
by Lucy Davenport | Dec 6, 2019 | General |
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...
by Lucy Davenport | Dec 2, 2019 | General |
Ask for free shipping on all items in stock. The payment button is presently disabled, so please call or email me for any purchases or questions. Sorry for the website difficulties! We are working towards a solution, and hope you will bear with us… With our warm...
by Lucy Davenport | Nov 20, 2019 | General |
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...
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