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At Silk Tree Nurseries, we try to
produce and provide some unique bonsai trees that you may not
find at any other nursery, as well as a range of more common
varieties. We have both outdoor bonsai trees and indoor bonsai
trees. Please note that some of our less hardy bonsai trees are
not kept at the nursery site.
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OUTDOOR BONSAI TREES
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Acer
Katsura Japanese Maple Outdoor Bonsai Tree
Acer katsura is a stunning orange leaf maple, with
vivid orange leaves in Spring, which slowly turn to yellow in the
summer, and then to shades of orange, red, and pink in the autumn.
These are our lovely OUTDOOR Katsura Bonsai Trees. Deciduous, they
lose all their foliage in the Winter. These
bonsai trees are approx. 12inch (inc. pot) Katsura Outdoor Bonsai
Japanese Maple in a 5inch by 4.5inch by 3inch plastic display pot.
5inch
by 4,5inch plastic bonsai
display pot, approx. 12inches tall inc. pot £49.99 (B)


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Acer palmatum Japanese Maple Bonsai FOREST Hardy Outdoor Bonsai Tree
These stunning Japanese Maple Forest Bonsai Trees are approx.
14inches inc. pot in a 9inch by 4inch oval ceramic blue or white display pot
and ceramic tray. These
are outdoor trees and can be kept outdoors in every season - place
them in half shade in the summer months and water on a regular basis.
Light pruning can be made during the growing months. The photos to the
left and below show some of the actual bonsai on offer (taken in
April just before they leaf in full)
9inch
by 4inch oval ceramic pot
& saucer, approx. 14inches tall inc. pot £49.99 (B)
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Buxus
Outdoor Hardy Bonsai Tree
Buxus is a very easy outdoor bonsai
tree requiring only regular watering in the growing months, and
trimming three times a year with sharp scissors. They can be repotted
every 2-3 years, and feeding of once or twice a year in Spring and
Summer will keep them healthy.
The photos show some of the actual buxus
bonsai trees on offer, and these are approx. 15-18inches tall inc. pot
with a 9-11inch spread rooted in a plastic 8 x 5.5 x 2inch bonsai
display pot.
Buxus outdoor bonsai tree (15-18inches inc. pot) £39.99 (B)
(2 in stock)
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Ilex
crenata (Japanese Holly)
Outdoor Hardy Bonsai Tree
Ilex crenata is a form of Japense Holly - unlike
English Holly, they have small, delicate leaves which are not sharp to the
touch. It is very similar to 'box' in looks, and is also very slow growing. We are offering in limited quantity some HARDY, outdoor bonsai
tree evergreen Japanese Holly. These OUTDOOR bonsai trees have green foliage all
year around and can be left in the garden over winter (protect the pot and root
with fleece if a hard winter is expected).
These bonsai trees are approx. 11-12inches inc. pot in a 5inch by 4inch by 2inch deep blue ceramic bonsai
display pot. These trees are wired to shape the branches. The photos show the actual trees on offer.

Ilex crenata bonsai
tree NUMBER ONE £35.00 (B)
SOLD
Ilex crenata bonsai
tree NUMBER TWO £35.00 (B)
(1 in stock)
Ilex crenata bonsai
tree NUMBER THREE £35.00 (B)
SOLD
Ilex crenata bonsai
tree NUMBER FOUR £35.00 (B)
(1 in stock)
Ilex crenata bonsai
tree NUMBER FIVE £35.00 (B)
SOLD
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Japanese Larch (Larix
keampferi) FOREST BONSAI - Outdoor Hardy Bonsai Tree
These beautiful, HARDY, outdoor bonsai
trees, are our FOREST Japanese Larch. These OUTDOOR bonsai trees have
beautiful green new needles in Spring, which in autumn give a
magnificent display of blazing yellows and orange. These are deciduous
bonsai trees, so lose all their needles in the dormant months, but are
hardy and can be left in the garden over winter (protect the pot and
root with fleece if a hard winter is expected). These forest bonsai
selections have four-five trees in each forest.
The photos show some of the ACTUAL BONSAI
FORESTS
available (taken in June ). These are approx. 3ft inc. pot in a
12inch by 5inch round plastic bonsai display pot.
Japanese Larch Bonsai Forest £49.99 (B)
(2 in stock)
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Jasmine nudiflorum Winter
Jasmine BONSAI
TREE - Outdoor Hardy Bonsai
This is our beautiful cascade style Winter Jasmine,
Jasmine nudiflorum. Fully hardy, this is an outdoor bonsai and is
DECIDUOUS so will lose all its leaves in Winter and very easy to keep
(outdoors). This is a flowering bonsai tree with beautiful yellow
flowers in the WINTER months.
This bonsai tree is in cascade
style with approx. 18inch spread, in an 8inch x 3inch plastic bonsai
display bowl.
Winter Jasmine Bonsai Tree £49.99 (B)
(1 in stock)
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Juniper Chinensis BONSAI
TREE - Outdoor Hardy Bonsai Tree
We are very pleased to be offering for
the very first time this year isome simply exquisite HARDY Juniper
chinensis bonsai trees. These OUTDOOR bonsai trees have green needles
all year around and have shaped trunks with beautiful red/brown peeling
bark. These are evergreen bonsai trees and are hardy and can be left in
the garden over winter (protect the pot and root with fleece if a hard
winter is expected).

The photos above and to the left show the ACTUAL PINES on offer
(taken September 2019 ) . These Juniper bonsai trees are approx.
1ft-14inches inc. pot with
an approx. 10inch spread, in a 6inch by 7inch by 6inch by 3inch deep
plastic bonsai display
pot.
We have numbered them one to five in the
photos so please select your preference below. ALL FIVE ARE NOW
SOLD (we are hoping to have more of these available in Spring 2020)
Juniper Chinensis Bonsai Tree NUMBER
ONE £225.00 (C)

Juniper Chinensis Bonsai Tree
NUMBER TWO £225.00 (C)

Juniper Chinensis Bonsai Tree
NUMBER THREE £225.00 (C)

Juniper Chinensis Bonsai Tree
NUMBER FOUR £225.00 (C)

Juniper Chinensis Bonsai Tree
NUMBER FIVE £225.00 (C)

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Liquidamber styraciflua
American Sweetgum FOREST BONSAI -
Outdoor Hardy
These are our FOREST American Sweetgum, Liquidamber.
These OUTDOOR bonsai trees have beautiful green leaves in Spring which
in Autumn turn fiery red!. These are deciduous bonsai trees, so lose all
their leaves in the dormant months, but are hardy and can be left in
the garden over winter (protect the pot and root with fleece if a hard
winter is expected). These forest bonsai selections have four-five trees
in each forest.
The photos show some of the ACTUAL BONSAI
FORESTS
available (taken in November with beautiful Autumn foliage colourm, and
bottom one in early Summer with green foliage ). These are approx. 32inches inc. pot in a
12inch by 5inch round plastic bonsai display pot.
Liquidamber Bonsai Forest £49.99 (B)
(2 in stock)
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Lonicera
Honeysuckle Outdoor Hardy Bonsai Tree - Cascade style
A rarely offered flowering Honeysuckle
cascade bonsai tree. This is an OUTSIDE bonsai tree and can be kept
outside all year long, or brought into the house for display purposes
for up to 3 days at a time.
This bonsai is DECIDUOUS so will lose
all its leaves in Winter and very easy to keep (outdoors). This is a
flowering bonsai tree with pink/red tubular honeysuckle flowers in late
Spring and Summer. Beautiful twisted trunks. The photos to the left show
some of the actual bonsai on offer (taken in September).
8inch by 3inch plastic bonsai display bowl, cascade
style approx. 10-18inch spread, £49.99 (B)
(1 in stock)
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Malus Apple
Outdoor Hardy Bonsai Tree
The apple tree makes a superb upright form bonsai tree and will
produce apples in a good year which may hand from the tree well into
winter. Pink or white blossom in Spring, green foliage in Spring and
Summer, turning colour in autumn. Hardy. Our trees are approx. 6
years old and are approx. 16inches tall (inc. pot) in a ceramic brown
display pot which is 10inches in diameter, and these trees have an approx.
spread of 12inches . The photos below show some of the actual trees,
taken mid September with apples, the bottom left photo shows the
ceramic pots yours will be supplied in, and the top photo shows the
beautiful Spring bloossom.
10inch diameter
pot, approx. 16inch inc. pot £59.99 (B)
(8 in stock)

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Metasequoia FOREST (Dawn
Redwood) Outdoor Hardy Bonsai Tree
These OUTDOOR hardy Dawn Redwood bonsai
trees have beautiful green new needles in Spring, which in autumn give a
magnificent display of blazing yellows and orange. These are deciduous
bonsai trees, so lose all their needles in the dormant months, but are
hardy and can be left in the garden over winter (protect the pot and
root with fleece if a hard winter is expected).
The photos show some of the ACTUAL TREES
available (taken in April with new needles for Spring). These bonsai trees are
our FOREST planted Metasequoia, and we have two different types:
CERAMIC OVAL DAWN REDWOOD FOREST BONSAI:
5 trees per pot and these are approx. 14inch inc. pot in a ceramic
12inch by 5inch by 2inch blue ceramic bonsai display pot .
(Shown in the top photo to the left) £49.99 (B) 
PLASTIC ROUND DAWN REDWOOD FOREST BONSAI:
4 trees per pot and these are approx. 32inches inc. pot in a plastic
round 12inch by 5inch pot
(Shown in the bottom photo to the left) £49.99 (B) 
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Metasequoia (Dawn
Redwood) Outdoor Hardy Bonsai Tree
These OUTDOOR hardy Dawn Redwood bonsai
trees are single stem trees.
The photos show some of the ACTUAL TREES
available (golden brown needles in Autumn, green needles in Spring and
Summer). These bonsai trees are approx. 30inch-3ft inc. pot in a 9inch
deep by 9inch diameter china bonsai display pot and have an approx.
trunk diameter of 3/4inch to 1inch, with an approx. 14-16inch spread of
branches. They have lovely peeling bark.
9inch diameter
pot, approx. 3ft tall inc. pot £124.99 (E) 

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Metasequoia (Dawn
Redwood) - SHAPED - Outdoor Hardy Bonsai Tree
These SHAPED OUTDOOR hardy Dawn
Redwood bonsai trees are not wired (wires have been removed) and are in
round ceramic bonsai display pots.
The photos show some of the ACTUAL TREES
available (taken without needles in January). These are approx.
14-16inches inc. pot in a 7inch diameter blue ceramic pot.
7inch diameter
pot, approx. 14-16inches tall inc. pot £45.00 (B)
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Pinus parviflora Japanese White Pine Bonsai Tree
We are very pleased to be offering this year some
exquisite Japanese White Pine Bonsai Trees. These OUTDOOR bonsai trees
are very hardy and have blue needles all year around and are very slow
growing.
These are evergreen pines and and can be left in the garden over winter
(protect the pot and root with fleece if a hard winter is expected).
The photos show the ACTUAL PINES on
offer . These white pine bonsai trees are approx. 18inches inc. pot with
an approx. 9inch spread, in a 6inch by 3inch diameter clay bonsai display
pot.
PLEASE NOTE: these are wired trees, so
may still have some training wires on them as you can see in the photos
- you can take these off in mid Summer.
We have numbered them 1-3 in the photos
to the left and below so please select your preference below.

Japanese White Pine Bonsai Tree NUMBER 1
£124.99 (C)

Japanese White Pine Bonsai Tree NUMBER 2
£124.99 (C)

Japanese White Pine Bonsai Tree NUMBER 3 £124.99 (C)

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Prunus kojo no mai Japanese Cherry Bonsai Tree The 'FLIGHT OF
THE BUTTERFLIES' Japanese Cherry makes a jaw dropping display in any
bonsai collection and is fully hardy in the UK. We are offering
13-17inch high specimens (inc. pot) with 8-10inch spread of branches,
rooted in 8" by 5.5" by 2.5inch plastic rectangular bonsai display
pots. A similar specimen is shown to the left.
POSITION: INDOOR OR OUTDOOR
WATERING: Water every day in hot weather - bonsai cherries can withstand
some drought, but try and keep the soil moist in the growing season.
PRUNING: Leaf prune in early summer every 2 years to reduce the leaf
size. Branch prune in the dormant season.
WINTER PROTECTION: this is an outdoor bonsai tree, and is fully hardy
Prunus kojo no mai bonsai tree £29.99
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SHAPED &
WIRED Pseudolarix
amabilis Bonsai Tree We are very pleased to
be offering a very limited number of the stunning Chinese Golden
Larches, Pseudolarix amabilis. These OUTDOOR bonsai trees have beautiful
lime green new needles in Spring, which in autumn give a magnificent
display of blazing orange (see pictures of our straight setm ones
below!). These are deciduous bonsai trees, so lose all their needles in
the dormant months, but are hardy and can be left in the garden over
winter (protect the pot and root with fleece if a hard winter is
expected).
These bonsai trees are approx. 16inches inc. pot in a
7inch by 1.5inch deep round ceramic bonsai display pot . The pictures show the actual bonsai trees on offer (taken in
September with needles). PLEASE NOTE these are WIRED trees.
We have numbered these 1-3 in the
pictures below and to the left, so you can select which one you want to purchase below.
Chinese
Larch Bonsai Tree
NUMBER ONE £69.99 (C)
SOLD
Chinese
Larch Bonsai Tree
NUMBER TWO £69.99 (C)
SOLD
Chinese
Larch Bonsai Tree
NUMBER THREE £69.99 (C)
SOLD

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Pseudolarix
amabilis Bonsai Tree These are our straight
stem Chinese Golden Larch Bonsai.
These hardy outdoor bonsai trees are approx.
30inch-3ft inc. pot in a 1ft tall by 8.5inch square ceramic bonsai
display pot and have an approx. trunk diameter of 1inch-1.5inch, with an
approx. 18inch-2ft spread of branches. The pictures show some of the
actual bonsai trees on offer ( top one taken in April, bottom one in
October). PLEASE NOTE: these are deciduous bonsai trees, losing all
their needles in the winter months.
Pseudolarix Bonsai Tree £124.99 (B) 
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Rhododendron (Azalea) Evergreen Hardy Bonsai Tree
These beautiful, HARDY, outdoor bonsai trees are
our EVERGREEN Azalea (Rhododendron). These OUTDOOR bonsai trees have
green foliage all year around and hopefully we will see flowers in late
Spring / early Summer.
These are evergreen bonsai trees and are
hardy and can be left in the garden over winter (protect the pot and
root with fleece if a hard winter is expected).
The photos show the ACTUAL TREES on offer
(taken September ) . These bonsai trees are approx. 16inches inc. pot
with an approx. 14inch spread, in a 9inch diameter blue ceramic bonsai
display pot. Please note these are wired bonsai trees.
We have numbered these 1-3 in the
pictures below, so you can select which one you want to purchase below.
THESE ARE NOW ALL SOLD.
Rhododendron Bonsai Tree
NUMBER TWO £89.99 (C) 
Rhododendron Bonsai Tree
NUMBER THREE £89.99 (C) 
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Wisteria BONSAI tree - UPRIGHT
From our expanding range of bonsai trees at Silk Tree Nurseries, we have
a selection of Wisteria bonsai which are 7years and older, rooted in
both high round, glazed pots and in brown round clay pots. The top photo
to the left shows a Wisteria Caroline in flower, and the bottom photo
shows a Wisteria Domino in flower last Spring..
Our Wisteria bonsai are 18inches-2.5ft in height including the pot, and
the pots are 6-8inches in diameter and 8-10inches deep. We have
Wisteria sinensis in stock, as well as a limited number of cultivars in
bonsai tree form. Your Wisteria bonsai tree will be carefully selected
and packaged to arrive on your door in perfect condition.
INDOOR OR OUTDOOR
Blue glazed pot or brown clay pot,
specimens £89.99 (B) 
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Wisteria BONSAI
tree - CASCADE (OVER TRUNK)
A 'cascade'
style wisteria which has been wired and trained for a year over an old
10yr old gnarled grape vine trunk, we have now removed most of the wires
and it is set in this shape.
The photos to the left show the ACTUAL BONSAI WISTERIA
on offer (taken Spring when in flower, September, and bottom one in
December with wires removed except for around the base of the vine
trunk) . This unique bonsai wisteria is approx. 2ft inc. pot in a
12litre pot and has an approx. spread of 2-2.5ft. It would benefit from
being repotted in a lovely deep china display pot - please note the blue
column plinth in the photos is for display purposes and is NOT included.
Supplied in a standard 12litre size black plastic pot.
12L pot, approx. 2ft inc. pot £124.99 (E)
SOLD
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Wisteria BONSAI
tree (number 1)- UPRIGHT (OVER TRUNK)
An upright
style wisteria which has been wired and trained for two years over an old
trunk, we have now removed most of the wires and it is set in this shape
(may still have some minimal wiring)
The photos above show the ACTUAL BONSAI WISTERIA
on offer (taken in September before leaves yellow and drop for Winter) . This unique bonsai wisteria is approx.
4.5ft inc. pot in a
12litre pot and has an approx. spread of 2ft.
Supplied in a standard 12litre size black plastic pot.
12L pot, wisteria outdoor bonsai tree (no.1) £124.99 (E)
Please see below for our second choice of upright wisteria bonsai:
SOLD


Wisteria BONSAI
tree (SELECTION 2) - UPRIGHT (OVER TRUNK)
Our second
wisteria bonsai tree is also trained over a trunk which is more at an
angle - when in flower they weep to the ground from here.
The photos above show the ACTUAL BONSAI WISTERIA
on offer (taken in September before leaves yellow and drop for Winter)) . This unique bonsai wisteria is approx.
4ft inc. pot in a
12litre pot and has an approx. spread of 2ft.
Supplied in a standard 12litre size black plastic pot.
12L pot, wisteria outdoor bonsai tree (no.2) £124.99 (E)
SOLD
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INDOOR BONSAI TREES
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Araucaria cunninghamii
- Hoop Pine (INDOOR BONSAI TREE)
We are very pleased to be offering for the first time the
wonderful Hoop Pine, which is of the Araucaria family (the monkey puzzle
trees are the most well known of the Araucarias, but this is very
different!). These are wonderful slow growing conifers ideally suited to
bonsai which form natural 'hoop' trunks with delicate evergreen foliage
that weeps down.
Very easy to care for: they require NO
DIRECT SUNLIGHT (so keep them in an east facing window, or in the middle
of the house away from windows) and KEPT MOIST - if above a radiator
then make sure you water on a regular basis. Ideal in a light kitchen
windowsill that gets no sun.
The photos show the actual bonsai
hoop pine on offer (we have only one left) , this is approx. 17inches inc. pot in a 9.5inch hexagonal
plastic bonsai display pot and has an approx. 20inch spread.
Approx. 17inches inc. pot
(SOLD)
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