Over the last 3 years, I have been waiting for some of the young cuttings and seedlings to develop to the point that I feel comfortable that they are thriving and healthy and ready for their new homes.
Now the time has come to make some of them ready for the 2024 season.
Satsuki azaleas are of course going to be available and there will be a limited number of new varieties later in the season.
There will be some more mature trees for sale and among those will be a nice specimen of the coveted Hi-no-Maru and some young whips that have had their first trunk shaping done and are now ready for further training by people who wish to create their own.
After waiting for two years for the very sporadic germination of the styrax japonica seed I planted some 2 years ago a limited number are now ready. (There are still seeds left in that tray that have germinated but have stopped growing for the time being).
Styrax are better grown from seed rather than cuttings.
I don't know if anyone has experience of growing styrax from cuttings. It's easy enough to get them to root but then they will just sit there and not grow at all, eventually the majority of them will give up the ghost and leave only a few that are still reluctant to grow much.
I have found that growing them from seed, although time consuming while waiting for them to germinate, gives better results for getting trees that will grow and develop nicely.
Japanese maples and trident maples of various ages and development stages will be ready too.
Japanese Black and Red Pines are also looking good and some are ready for selling at a more developed stage than the usual younger whips.
The young trainers for exposed root style will be ready too. They can also be trained as a root over rock style.
There is a very limited number of Itoigawa junipers, Chinese junipers and Sekka Hinoki cypress. They will also be available soon.
Im looking forward to the young trainers for exposed root style.