Bonsai Seeds for Sale

Seeds + 10-Year Bonsai From Seed Guide For Sale

        As regular readers know, I strongly believe a better bonsai seed kit needs to be made available for those interested in growing bonsai from scratch. Too many bonsai seed kits include seeds that never germinate, offer no support to new growers, and if you can get germination, they offer no instructions on how to turn this sapling into a mature, respectable bonsai. To that end, I've leveraged my experience as a bonsai apprentice at Elandan Gardens and my teacher's 60+ years of experience in growing bonsai from seed to compose a practical guide on seed-growing bonsai. My seed-growing guide is focused on foundational bonsai strategies for the first 10 years of growing like building your trunk, selecting and wiring branches, and creating good nebari (root flare). Every order of seeds comes with the growing guide at no additional charge! The physical guide and seeds will be mailed to you together.

My seeds are collected from a variety of locations including bonsai gardens, botanic gardens, public arboretums, and on occasion, city streets and wild locations. The specifics of each seed are listed in their Etsy listing.

Seeds require you to cold-stratify them yourself as dry storage for most species is critical to their longevity. In spring, some select varieties are available pre-stratified.

Etsy offerings as of Autumn 2022. (Some new species have since been added. See Etsy for the full list)

Available seeds (on Etsy) (may not be a full list)

• Trident Maple
• Japanese Larch
• Ponderosa Pine
• Amur Maple
• Hedge Maple
• Japanese 'Bloodgood' Maple
• European Larch
• Shore Pine
• Chinese Elm
• Bald Cypress
• Apple
• Cherry
• Eastern Redbud
• American Wisteria
• American Hophornbeam
• American Hornbeam
• American Sweetgum
• Boxelder (aka Manitoba) Maple
• Eastern White Cedar
• Eastern White Pine
• Greybark Grape
• Honey Locust
• Monterrey Cypress
• Northern Catalpa
• Northern Spicebush
• Laceleaf Japanese Maple
• Pygmy Monterrey Cypress
• Japanese Black Pine
• Ginkgo (back in stock!)
• Gray Birch
• Silver Maple
• Eastern Hemlock
• American Holly
• Firethorn / Pyracantha
• Vine Maple
• Sycamore
• Tan Tan (tropical)
• Seagrape (tropical)
• Western Larch (limited)
• Subalpine fir (limited)
• Douglas fir (limited)
• Alaska Yellow Cedar
• Korean (Kousa) dogwood
• Florida dogwood
• Cornellian Cherry
• Pitch pine

Low on stock / available upon request:

• Pidgeon Pea (tropical)
• Avocado (tropical)
• Lemon (tropical/subtropical)
• Orange (tropical/subtropical)
• Rain tree, Samanea saman (tropical, also not the same as Brazillian Raintree)
• Clitoria ternata (tropical) (I'm low on this one and saving for myself but could be requested)

Out of stock: 

• Dwarf Japanese Maple
• English Yew
• Brewer Oak
• Chestnut Oak
• Chinkapin Oak