Emblem Bonsai & Exotics LLC

01/21/2026

I’m honored to have been selected for the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival 2026.

This year I will be displaying my 20+ year old Premna over rock. It was grown from a small cutting and has undergone several design changes over the years.

Congratulations to the other exhibitors, looking forward to seeing you at the event.

11/23/2025

Less than 1 year from 65 gallon nursery pot to preliminary branch placement. Large Tigerbark Ficus. 30” tall and 19” wide at the soil line.

07/28/2025

07/28/2025

Large Premna on a rock. Before and after a haircut, deadwood cleaning, and lime sulfur application

07/21/2025

Preliminary work done on a medium sized collected buttonwood:

07/21/2025

Initial work on a small collected buttonwood:

06/29/2025

This transition took approximately three years from raw material. I love working with fast growing species like this Parrot’s Beak. I recently began hollowing the trunk and will continue to increase ramification. This tree gets wired three times a year.

02/09/2025

Before and after repotting a Chinese Hackberry (Celtis sinensis). First branch was lowered for better placement.

12/14/2024

Progress on a twisted Water Jasmine (Wrightia religiosa). From a nursery pot in 2021 until now.

12/07/2024

This exposed root Ficus microcarpa is undergoing another redesign. The tree was getting too tall and branches had over thickened. One branch was kept and used as the new trunk. Before, during, after, and a finger painted prediction of where/how the new canopy will be.

12/02/2024

A fairly massive Ficus triangularis cutting that has been successfully rooted. This will make an interesting bonsai someday. Some branch development and then a bonsai pot…

12/02/2024