AusBonsai

Thanks guys
David I run a rare plants nursery here in Olinda I grow and sell plants which you will not find in your local nursery thats how I make my living, I sell a few bonsai through the clubs and too hardcore bonsai growers but not much to the general public.
Bodhi, I am glad you loved Japan, but would guess thats a given. The Japanese are such honest and generous people. My growing beds are not always so tidy but I have been having a major clean up the last few weeks as during the spring I have lots of groups coming through the garden. This works well for me as people see plants growing in situ then I can sell them those plants.
Brett, The trees hold their leaves are fagus crenata [japanese white beech]. The summer pruning I do for a couple of reasons, firstly to ensure there are not multiple growths from any one point as they will develop lumps very quickly. Then I like to open the trees up so I prune to allow light to get into the lower sections of the trees and lastly sometimes I cut a tree back for taper and train up a new leader.
Craig

craig, is there anywhere on the net I can look to find out what else you grow? Very interested in rare plants here too, just got some Mandrake seed from Denmark!!

Very nice Craig. Are you adding anything (ie. potting mix) to your beds or is that just good old Olinda dirt?

Do you sell any Japanese white beech?

Jeff

Hi Greth I have a website, gentiana.com.au I haven't updated for a while but it will give you some idea.
Hi Jeff, I have big compost bins in which goes all the nursery waste as well as all the usual. This gets dug into the beds at rootpruning time, lots of it. I am a bit of a fanatic when it comes to soil, to me good soil is everything. With regards to the white beech at some stage in the future I will sell some but they are very much a finite resource so I want to spend some years growing them first to work out which ones are the most promising.
Craigw

Lovely Craig, just had a lunchtime browse and there's certainly quite a few I am interested in! Will pm you or contact thru website for further details (eg pricing?)