MOUNTAIN MAPLES COMING TO BONSAI WEST THIS MAY!

We're very excited to announce our new partnership with Mountain Maples of Mendocino, California.

Mountain Maples is known throughout the country for its exceptional variety of maples, many of them never before available outside of private collections.

Beginning in May, we will be carrying their outstanding products at our nursery. Tricia Smyth, the owner of Mountain Maples, is the featured guest at our Spring Open House, May 19th and 20th.

Please check our calendar of events, as we will be posting more information closer to the event, as well as a list of the maples you will be able to find at our nursery - and we look forward to seeing you!

ITS SPRING!!

It's hard to imagine that we've been in business for 25 years now - happy anniversary to us!

The nursery is waking up. Every day there is a new treat. The leaves on our elms and maples are opening, tropicals are budding back, azaleas are showing signs of color, and best of all: on a sunny day it's 80 degrees in our greenhouses.

This is the perfect time of year to start working on your trees.

We have been busy at work - trimming, repotting, fertilizing, wiring, spraying for insects, weeding, cleaning out old growth, bud pinching, needle plucking, watering, (did I say pruning?) - our trees are growing like mad! All this while preparing for the spring flower show 3/17-3/24 and tending to the general nursery chores that surround us daily.

For the first time we have been receiving new merchandise through the year.
The most recent arrivals are three shipments of pottery and more trees from Florida and the West Coast: cant wait to show you all around when you come on out.

Here is a small sampling of trees just in:

• Mini Day Lilies
• Miniature Roses
• assorted Japanese Maples
• Hornbeams
• Australian Tea
• assorted Miniature Conifers
• Elms (several varieties)
• Quince
• Hokkaido Elms
• and much, much more!

If we are taking care of your trees for the winter, it's an especially good time for you to come for a visit. We'd be happy to make some recommendations to help you make this spring your best year in bonsai yet.

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Repotting your trees in Spring:

Spring is the best time to repot most varieties of bonsai and picking the right pot and using a high quality soil is essential.

  Pots

Our spring shipments of Japanese, Chinese, hand thrown and mica pots is in. Glen and I just came back from a pot-buying spree, and handpicked all the pots that just came in - it's our best selection ever!
In fact we have so many boxes that we haven’t found room to display them all.
The Japanese pots are all beautiful, and we have a huge selection, come early to do your pot shopping because finding the perfect pot for your tree is a real treat.

  Wiring

Spring is a great time to do the fine detail wiring and managing new growth with pruning and wiring.
We have all sizes of wire in - and our popular "Get Wired!" workshops are beginning again for the season on April 1st. (If you haven't heard about these workshops, click here.)

  Soil

The Bonsai west soil mix is the perfect mix for all your potting needs.
Over the past 25 years we have formulated an excellent bonsai soil that we use for all of our trees- we like to think the proof is in the potting: our trees are always healthy, and we think our soil is the best around.
We also have a new shipment of Akadama and Kanuma soil from Japan at some of the best prices in years.

  Fertilizer

Get a jump on the season and start fertilizing your bonsai now.
We're offering three new products for you to try - we love them!

GREEN DREAM FERTILIZER - try it and within a month you'll be amazed at the performance of your trees!

"I used Green Dream 6:6:6 in the UK for over fifteen years with spectacular results!"
       -- Colin Lewis

Unlike imported organic pellets that persist for months without breaking down, Green Dream is designed to release most of its nutrients over a period of four to six weeks (with the N released sooner than the P or K), giving your trees the nutrients they need when they need it.
Also, unlike those bland innocuous imports, Green Dream is a truly active organic composite: it "smells organic", it grows mold when it rains, it provides nourishment in a readily acceptable form with the help of valuable microorganisms. (Recommended for outdoor use only).


MYCONOX: Mycorrhizal inoculant

Virtually all plants in nature form mycorrhizal relationships with subterranean fungi which benefit them by increasing the plants' ability to gather moisture and nutrients. Research has shown clearly that plants growing with mycorrhiza in the soil grow more strongly, are more resistant to stress and disease, and are more tolerant of drought.
MYCONOX contains the spores of no fewer than fifteen species of mycorrhizal fungus, which guarantees that whatever species you grow, there will be at least one species of fungus that will benefit your bonsai - and your flower or vegetable garden too!
60cc jar contains enough inoculant to treat up to 60 containers.
Contains spores of the following mycorrhizal fungi: (Endomycorrhizal (VAM) spores) Glomus aggregatum, Glomus clarum, Glomus deserticola, Glomus intraradices, Glomus monosporus, Glomus mosseae, Gigaspora margarita, Paraglomus brasilianum. (Ectomycorrhyzal spores) Lacarria laccata, Pisolithus, Rhizopogon amylpogon, Rhizopogon fulvigleba, Rhizopogon rubescens, Rhizopogon villosuli, Scleroderma spp.

Sprinkle one quarter teaspoon over bare roots tips when repotting. Mycorrhizal fungi will colonize roots within four to five weeks.

MICRO TOTAL: Micro Nutrients

Bonsai soil is virtually inert, containing little or no nutrient value. Similarly, most fertilizers contain adequate amounts of the three major nutrients (NPK: nitrogen phosphorus and potassium) but they usually lack the essential micronutrients. Although only needed in minute quantities, micronutrients are indispensable to a tree's well-being. Many of the worrying problems we see in our trees from time to time can be attributed to a deficiency of one or more micronutrient.
MicroTotal contains eight essential chelated micronutrients: Magnesium (Mg), Sulphur (S), Boron (B), Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Molebdenum (Mo) and Zinc (Zn), in a formula that is extremely effective when applied as a foliar spray, or can be used as a soil drench during normal watering.

After just one or two applications you should see a marked improvement in your bonsai's appearance and performance.
Safe, non-toxic and economical to use.

And don't forget:
Get Wired! every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, 1 - 4 pm.
2007 Season starts April 1st.

100 Great Rd (2A/119)
Littleton, MA 01460
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