Greensboro NC Bonsai…

[TomRVA]

Anybody know of anything Bonsai related around Greensboro NC? I’ll be traveling there this week. I had hit up a small bonsai nursery ran by a fella by the name of Chip or Skip. Can’t really remember, it’s been a few years. Is he still around? Or any other leads on cool destinations down that way within an hour or so? Thanks in advance

 

[dbonsaiw]

Isn't the Bonsai Learning Center around there?

 

[b3bowen]

I think his name is Skip. I called earlier this year and he closed his nursery. I don’t remember what it was called but I stopped by several times.

Would strongly suggest Bonsai Learning Center around Statesville it is pretty close.

 

[TomRVA]

Isn't the Bonsai Learning Center around there?

Oh cool I didn’t know about that… thanks !

 

[TomRVA]

I think his name is Skip. I called earlier this year and he closed his nursery. I don’t remember what it was called but I stopped by several times.

Would strongly suggest Bonsai Learning Center around Statesville it is pretty close.

Damn, I had gotten some cool cultivars of Japanese Maples from him for cheap too. He was super friendly when I was there. Thanks for the info and the recommendation!

 

[hampton]

I would reach out to the BLC before you go. I was visiting family and drove by - it’s located in a residential neighborhood and I was too shy to ring the bell.

 

[TomRVA]

I would reach out to the BLC before you go. I was visiting family and drove by - it’s located in a residential neighborhood and I was too shy to ring the bell.

Lol. Sometimes you gotta just ring the bell , no regrets. Good look out . Thanks !

 

[b3bowen]

Definitely call before you go. Pretty incredible what he has built up there. Would hate for you to miss it and he is very responsive.

 

[b3bowen]

Damn, I had gotten some cool cultivars of Japanese Maples from him for cheap too. He was super friendly when I was there. Thanks for the info and the recommendation!

Ironically, Skip is who sold me the seedling lace leaf maple in this post for 5$.

Laceleaf Japanese maple seedling

I find it interesting that the laceleaf forms of Japanese maple are not developed more for bonsai. I know that the majority of them are grafted and have some traits like long Internodes that are less desirable, but they have an exceptionally graceful quality to them. I have seen some good...

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[TomRVA]

Oh man that’s awesome ! What a steal! I bought a few maples from him that he had lost the tags to, I think I paid 10$ per maple. Both very beautiful. One was in a two gallon container and one was in a smaller pot. I figured the one in the smaller pot was a grafted cultivar, but as I got to looking at it when I got home , for sure not grafted.
I believe it’s a seedling or cutting off some cultivar with small leaves.Best guess I have is a cutting from a A.P. ‘ Catalina Yatsabusa’. Maybeit is a seedling , if you bought a funky seed grown maple from him… shoot- I bought a funky variegated Chinese elm from him too. He didn’t know the cultivar name from that either but it’s got strong variegation. I’ll post some pics. But ya I really enjoyed BSin trees and maples with him, he seemed like a good guy.
The 1st 3 pics are of the one i assumed was ‘Catalina Yatsabusa’ and the 4th +5th is an unlabeled graft. Both for 10$!