Bonsai, shaped by hand in Charleston.
Over twenty years at the bench. Around two hundred trees in the nursery, each sold only when ready to leave.
Arrange a visitThe work is mostly waiting.
Wire goes on in late winter, copper or annealed aluminum, and comes off before it marks the bark. A branch removed in October is settled by April.
One tree, every season.
Repotting follows the species, not the calendar. The pot is chosen after the tree has told you what it is, which is usually the last decision and never the first.
Not a painting.
This one is real.
Lagerstroemia indica, Crepe Myrtle. In the nursery now.
See this treeAround two hundred trees, in the Lowcountry.
Nursery stock and collected trees, trained in-house and grown in akadama, pumice and lava, blended by species.
The catalog
LigustrumPrivetPrice on inquiry
Acer palmatum DeshojoJapanese Maple DeshojoPrice on inquiry
Chloroleucon tortumBrazilian RaintreePrice on inquiry
Taxodium distichumBald Cypress ForestPrice on inquiryThe bench travels.
Retreats in the Blue Ridge: one tree per guest, worked across the visit and carried home. Arrangements composed for a room and an evening, across the Lowcountry.
You drew this circle on the way here.