Buying stumps and starter trees online in the US

[badatusernames]

I'm curious to know what resources you look at online if you were interested in ordering trees for chopping (or trees that have already chopped). I have some nurseries nearby and am familiar with their stock, but I was interested to see what may be available online. It seems like this is a topic that possibly already has a thread going, but I didn't see it and thought I'd start my own.

 

[Kanorin]

The way you've phrased it makes it seem like a question for lumberjack forums.

I'm guessing you are looking for large-sized deciduous Pre-Bonsai? If so, there aren't too many options besides local nurseries or what you can find growing wild (or in your neighborhood). It's probably because shipping a 150 lb tree is super expensive unless you can ship 100 of them together in a huge truck.

Maybe there's some place(s) in the U.S. that sell pre-bonsai that's been grown and then chopped...I'd actually be curious to know as well.

 

[badatusernames]

You guess correctly! I suppose i wasn't thinking 150lb sized, however, more something appropriate for shohin that has been chopped

You're right, shipping the whole tree would be prohibitive I imagine

 

[cishepard]

Although his stock is low at the moment, Zach Smith has really nice collected, chopped and started deciduous trees:

https://bonsai-south.com/bonsai-shop-2/

 

[Kanorin]

Actually, I do know of one place that kind of does this. Evergreen Gardenworks grows, sells, and ships trees specifically for the bonsai market. They grow the trees out and prune them back every year or two...not quite chops, but along those lines attempting to preserve low branching.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Ordering online from regular nurseries is generally a shot in the dark.
They can ship something else, like fuchsia instead of quince, and then tell you that your purple flowered fuchsia is in fact a quince.
Material can be grafted with no mentions about it.

Material can also be top notch. Usually smaller, family run nurseries respond very nicely to inquiries, as long as you explain what you're looking for.

As for pre-chopped trees I'd suggest you ask some landscaping companies, offer them a fee to send you pics of what they remove from peoples yards, and pay them if you can come get what they want removed.