Spring Promotions

Be on the lookout for special spring promotions. Unlike most other Jm sellers I don’t do fall promos to reduce inventory by getting rid of seconds, left overs, and often times less than desirable Jms ( ie: crapola) , Fall is a time when you can’t really even enjoy the half -baked promo for 9 months!!

At Davidsans we do our promos when you really want your Jm… after a long uninspiring winter of discontent.

All spring promos will be listed only here on Davidsans web site. So check back frequently . If you order something and miss the promo info you will automatically get it anyway…but promos will be based on $ spent so be sure to check back to insure your order fits in the promo based $ structure.

Update

As spring approaches we are busy putting all our newly offered cultivars up on the site . We hope to have  jpegs of the new cultivars up on line by next june… In the meantime we are updating allot of our current photos with new much better ones as well as adding many that  for one reason or another were never put up. These jpegs better show each trees beauty and individuality . We hope this helps everyone a bit . In addition if you have looked at a specific tree you are interested in the past you may want to look again since many now have different and much better jpegs. Our hope is by next summer to have boffo jpegs of everything we offer up on the site. The fact is we were hurrying last spring to put up as many as possible we went for quantity not quality .. Now this will change.

As always we are glad to send jpegs of individual cultivars for purchase( next spring once they have leafed out ;>)  )  to those that are not just window shopping. We will be pressed for time next spring but will be glad to do so for SERIOUS shoppers only. As much as we would like to do so for everyone it takes mucho time approx 1/2 – 3/4 hour to do one or two specific jpegs  so unless you are really serious about buying we ask you look at the stock photos we have on site and not ask for photos of specific trees . I am basically a one man show and taking a bunch of jpegs on a lark is just too much to ask of me … I hope you all understand.

I hope by mid Feb. to send out an availability list to everyone on my mailing list, so you can all make lists and have a good chance of getting what you want since all trees will be of limited quantities …If you have never emailed me thru the site, please do so on the contact page of this web site if you want to be added to the mailing list . Have a great holiday season and remember our slogum “A World Without Japanese Maples Is Madness”

DAVID(SAN)

If you are looking for truly special Japanese Maple(s) at a reasonable price you have arrived at the right place.

Davidsans Japanese Maples considers itself the home for “extreeme” and ” truly special ” Japanese Maples. We specialize in hardy / cold hardy trees for  the Midwest and other northern areas as well as those cultivars that can take  sun for southern areas. We  make it our mission to search out, find and offer one of the webs largest selection of  rare, hard to find Japanese maple cultivars.

We pride ourselves as having one of the webs  best selection of  truly unusual impossible to find, just darn right cool dwarf Japanese Maples.

Dwarf JM’s  are perfect for  smaller yards, tight spaces, or that nook needing some color. They also makle excellant container cutlture trees for those folks , that for whatever reason , would rather not , or can’t  plant their Japanese Maples out in their yards.

Davidsans also is one of the very few places willing and able to ship larger Japanese Maples. Most seller really don’t want the hassle of shipping larger specimens and refuse to do so. As a collector I found it very frustrating and was forced  to buy mostly very small trees…even though i was willing to pay the obvious extra cost of shipping larger ones. From this experience I made it a point to offer larger trees for shipment  I also found being located in the middle of the country gave me a great opportunity to ship them in to you within 2-3 days  and the cost was allot less than the one or two West Coast nurseries that do offer larger trees. Davidsans is the place to get larger Japanese Maples both reasonably priced and shipped to your door in a very expedient manner.

BONSAI

One area that dwarfs do especially well,  is as Bonsai . Davidsans has a huge selection dwarf JM cultivars ( many virtually impossible to find elsewhere) that are perfect for Bonsai. These, generally small leaf cultivars, include many older very rare Japanese varieties that have been used as bonsai for centuries in their asian homeland.

Davidsans does not carry “quasi”/”bogus” cultivars known as seedlings AKA seed grown plants that are improperly and deceivingly named after the mother tree (such as improperly naming  generic JM’s, for example, “Kashima” or “Kiyo hime” when they are simply generic seed grown trees). These are not true cultivars although many bonsai folks buy them as such, since they are not grafted and therefore have no graft mark. Many bonsai folks feel graft marks make then trunk look less perfect. Seedlings, as stated many times on this site, and by many others, are not guaranteed to even look like their mother. But at any rate can not be marketed as such or ethically named as such.If you are buying a seedling, let say, named “Kashima” on the web or elsewhere you are being scammed .

There is nothing wrong with using seedlings for bonsai whatever they are called. But to pay an high price for something that is not what you are getting is not wise IMHO. I tell folks if you can buy a seedling for a bonsai these should be very inexpensive unless already started as Bonsai.If you are paying cultivar prices for seedling fake named cultivars you are getting riped off.

A well done low grafted JM can give a person a perfectly beautiful Bonsai.  Just as most field grown JMs cannot be ID’d as grafted trees in several years because the mark is basically no longer visible due to the natural growth of the tree trunk and it’s bark . The same holds true for bonsai. The graft mark, if low and done well,  becomes virtually to totally invisible in short time. Even though bonsai growth is often slow , the fastest part to grow is the trunk since leaves branches and roots are constantly trimmed.

DAVIDSANS DOES OFFER UN-GRAFTED BASIC A.p. GREEN AND BASIC A.p. RED ATROPUPUREUM “SEEDLINGS”.  THESE JM’s ARE SEED GROWN AND ARE SUITABLE FOR BONSAI AT EXTREEMLY REASONABLE PRICES..AS WITH ALL SEED GROWN TREES THEY WILL VARY IS COLOR, LEAF TYPE,  GROWTH RATE AND PATTERN. BUT IF YOU DON’T WANT A GRAFTED JM FOR BONSAI THESE ARE YOUR ONLY READILY AVAILABLE AND COST EFFICIENT CHOICE.

If you have interest in Bonsai , please visit my section on Bonsai at the bottom  my “Care and Cultivation section” on this web site. This section will explain why we feel certain expertly done and very low grafted dwarf Davidsan cultivars are best for bonsai while others may not be. You are guaranteed to own a named cultivar bonsai that you can ethically call as such for decades to come

At Davidsans we  carry only those cultivars that you are not likely to find elsewhere.

What constitutes value when you buy a Japanese maple ??

And why should I buy from Davidsans ??

At Davidsans i sell my trees at a price that is under what I have bought in previous years as a collector. In fact the trees i carry are larger than any I have ever bought as a collector and for allot less dinero. That means if you buy from me you get your monies worth. Can you find cheaper trees… yes..and if you are simply looking for twigs and cheap cheap cheap cheap you will likely be happier looking elsewhere. But if you want a healthy larger fuller tree that is a bargain  for it’s size… you have landed on the right web site What you also get at Davidsans which you will not at other web based nurseries is the personal help you need to make an informed decision on the best tree for your needs and location . Remember I am a one man show and have NO employees so what I sell is never less than it should be and what you get is a quality tree at a very god price.

In addition if you are more experienced collector you will find one of the largest selections on the web again at really good prices for what you receive. You will also find many VERY rare cultivars that you may have been looking for for years and many new cultivars of striking beauty that you will want. As I always tell folks “If it ain’t worth it I won’t sell it“.

This next season I will be offering more sizes of trees at lower prices to fit any budget. Any tree I move up a pot size this fall will be priced at a lower price than that next pot size up is … at “tweener” price. So if you are on a strict budget ask for “UP-POTTED JMS”… they will be very well priced.

NOW Davidsans has much lower shipping rates thanks to ups . As many folks don’t know most nurseries get shipping discounts but DON’T pass them along . At Davidsans we are NOT into making money off shipping, so we have decided to pass the savings along. This  should make shipping our larger trees much more reasonable both  as single trees or as multiple trees in a box. Our trees unlike most other internet twigs or stick trees  are so big this has been a problem in the past because once they get oversize it becomes problematic. This year you should see a definite improvement in ship costs.

JM photographs found on this web site

Coming soon to a Davidsans near you!!!

Our spring offerings of really rare JM’s

Yes we have the new Shirazz in several sizes

at down to earth prices!!

OVER ONE HUNDRED NEW CULTIVARS (including Shirazz) ARE BEING ADDED TO OUR STABLE OF SUPER COOL JM CULTIVARS. THESE INCLUDE BOTH NEW AND RARE CULTIVARS. IN ADDITION WE ARE ALSO ADDING AN ASSORTMENT OF DWARF CONIFERS!!

Keep your eyes open on this site. We are about a month away from listing our spring JM cultivar offerings and companion trees. I have searched far and wide for a new and old rare cultivars …and boy have I found them I guarantee you will be blown away by my rare new and old selections at the same or similar prices as last year. Be advised many of these really cool JM’s are in limited quantities… Most of these will be for late spring ( mid April) But I will have a ton of stuff available for my southern friends who want early shipment this year . NO repeat of last years debacle of waiting. I will be able to ship when YOU want it as long as its not severely cold here. If any of you want an early list , please email me or fill out the contact page on this site requesting such. I will be sending as mailing with this list at a more normal time in late Jan or feb. , but with many of the newer cultivars in small quantities you may want the list early. Just let me know

MORE TREE / LESS MONEY

Also in addition to of my increased cultivar selection I will have a greater selection of trees at lower price points for those on budgets .  My prices are based mostly on tree size along with my costs . And in the past my trees have been uniformly large  . You always get MORE than what you pay for at Davidsans … but now the range has been lowered for those that can live with a slightly “smaller” tree. You are  still getting a much bigger tree than you will at other places but smaller than my usual and priced as such. More tree /less money.

List of 2010 new cultivars

A.j 6910                           A.j. Ao jutan

A.j. Dissectum              A.j Junitoye

A.j. Meigetsu                A.j. Woods #2

A.s. Lovette                   A.s. Green Elf

A.s. Green Flag            A.s. Green Snowflake

A.s. Sensu                     A.s. Moonrise

A.s. Mr Sun                  A.s. Ogurayama

A.p Adrians Compact    A.p Agina Milky Way

A.p. Akane                   A.p Autumn Fire

A.p.Aratama               A.p. B17

A.p. Baby Ghost        A.p.Beni Fushigi

A.p. Beni hime          A.p.Beni Kawa

A.p. Beni kosade      A.p. Beni shigitasu sawa

A.p. Beni Shishihenge           A.p.Beni tsukasa

A.p Beni tsukasa shidare   Bonnie Bergman

A.p. Brants Bwarf                A.p. Briella Broom

A.p. Bob’s Big Green             A.p. Bronzewing

A.p. Bumps Red Seed      A.p. Chantilly Lace

A.p. Christi Anne                    A.p. Dark Straw

A.p. Dianes Dissectum         A.p. Dr Brown

A.p. Englishtown                    A.p Fairy Hair

A.p.Falls Fire                  A.p. Filifera Purpurea

A.p. Fujiyama                        A.p Gaki no sugi

A.p. Green Mist                       A.p. Green Star

A.p. Happy Corallinum         A.p. Herbstfeuer

A.p. Hilleri                                 A.p. Hondoshi

A.p. Inaba shidare                  A.p. JJ

A.p. Japanese Sunrise        A.p Johnny’s Pink

A.p. Kagiri nishki   A.p. Kiyo hime yatsubusa

A.p. Komachi hime         A.p. Krazy Krinkle

A.p. Killarney                          A.p. Koyko

A.p. Lima Gold                        A.p. Lozita

A.P. Margret Bee     A.p. Mikawa yatsubusa

A.p. Mitre                         Ap. Mon zukushi

A.p. Murakumo         Ap. Murasaki Kiyo hime

A.p. Musashino              A.p. Muza murasaki

A.p. Nigrum                    A.p. Nishiki gasame

A.p. Okagami   Olsens Frosted Strawberry

A.p. Oshio beni     A.p. Osakazuki Aureum

A.p. Oto hime         A.p. Red Autumn Lace

A.p. Red feathers         A.p. Red wonder

A.p. Red Spider Web

A.p. Rhode Island Red       A.p. Sao nishki

A.p. Scolopendefolium      A.p. Shirazz

A.p. Shishi yatsubusa         A.p. Shojo

A.p. Shojo nomura              A.p, Spring Delight

A.p Tamukeyama                 A.p. Tiny Tim

A.p. Tatoo                                A.p. Tskumo

A.p. Tsukushigata                A.p. Ueno yama

A.p. Ukon                                A.p. Us murasaki

A.p. Wabito                            A.p. Waterfall

A.p. Ueno yama             A.p. Wetumpka Red

A.p. Viridis

A. Pseudosieboldianum ssp. Pseudosieboldianum

Conifers ( new)

( first # is quantity available…. size is listed last)

3 Abies concolor `Candicans’ 1 GAL
2 Calocedrus decurrens `Barrima Gold’ 1 GAL
3 Cham lawsoniana `Ellwoods Pygmy’ 4″ POT
3 Cham lawsoniana `Ellwoods White’ 4″ POT
3 Cham pisifera `Baby Blue Ice’ 1 GAL
3 Cham pisifera `Dwarf Blue’4″ POT
3 Cham pisifera `Golden Sands’ 4″ POT
3 Cham thyoides `Meth Dwarf’ 4″ POT
3 Cham thyoides `Red Star’ 4″ POT
3 Cham thyoides `Top Point’ 4″ POT
3 Fagus sylvatica `Cochleata’ 1 GAL
3 Juniperus communis `Lemon Spire’ 4″ POT
3 Juniperus communis `Little Pyramid’ 4″ POT
3 Larix decidua `Lanarck’ 1 GAL
3 Larix kaempferi `Jacobsen’s Pyramid’ 1 GAL
3 Picea abies `Clanbrassiliana Stricta 1 GAL
2 Picea abies `Goblin’ 1 GAL
3 Picea abies `Inversa’ 1 GAL
3 Picea glauca `Echiniformis’ 4″ POT
3 Picea glauca `Gnome’ 4″ POT
3 Picea glauca `Pixie’ 4″ POT
3 Picea omorika `Froendenberg’ 1 GAL
3 Picea omorika `Nana’ 1 GAL
3 Picea omorika `Pendula’ 1 GAL
3 Picea omorika `Pimoko’ 4″ POT 7
3 Picea omorika `Tremonia’ 1 GAL
3 Pinus cembra `Fastigiata’ 1 GAL
3 Pinus cembra `Pygmaea’ 1 GAL
3 Pinus heldreichii `Smidtii’ 4″ POT
2 Pinus mugo `Ambergold’ 1 GAL
3 Pinus nigra `Black Prince’ 1 GAL
3 Pinus parviflora `Ara kawa’ (warted) 4″ POT
3 Pinus parviflora `Brevifolia’ 4″ POT
3 Pinus parviflora `Ko-Ku-Ho’ 4″ POT 7
3 Pinus parviflora `Yatsubusa’ 4″ POT
3 Pinus strobus `Beran’ 1 GAL 1
3 Pinus strobus `Excitation’ 1 GAL
2 Pinus strobus `Mt. Washington’ 1 GAL
2 Pinus sylvestris `Jeremy’ 1 GAL
4 4 Pinus thunbergiana `Thunderhead’ 1 GAL
4 Sciadopitys verticillata 1 GAL
3 Thuja occ `Skinner Dwarf’4″ POT
3 Tsuga canadensis `Gentsch Dwarf Globe’ 4″ POT
3 Tsuga canadensis `Minuta’ 4″ POT
3 Tsuga canadensis `Starker’s Dwarf’ 1 GAL
3 Tsuga canadensis`Rugg’s Washington Dwf’ 1 GAL
3 Tsuga mertinsiana `Elizabeth’ 4″ POT
8 Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Van den Akker’ 1 GAL
8 Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Green Arrow’ 1GAL
8 Sciadopitys verticillata ‘Winter Green’ 1GAL 15″ H

Mailing List

If you want to be on my mailing list just go to the contact page and fill out and state “put on mailing list “. Don’t worry you will not be spammed!!! I will do, at most, one or two e-mailings pr year  and no snail mailings …(and NO i do not have a catalogue .. this is the 21st century ya know ;>)..) I am just too busy and WAY TOO LAZY to do more . You will get the most up to date list of new cultivars and priority ordering for all my products and occasional sale items.

” The world of undiscovered Japanese Maples”

According to Davidsan

I have decided to start this new section on this home page. Every few weeks I will showing you a special Japanese/Asian maple that deserves the attention of all Japanese maple lovers. This is my third installment. For all previous installments please go to my Blog section and from there to the specific Blog entitled “Davidsans World Of Undiscovered Maples” containing those archived installments. I guarantee that you will find all of these fascinating and informative .

Issue #4

Sekka yatsubusa

Sekka yasubusa is in three words …unique,beautiful,and sturdy . The last word is paticularly appropos since it is a tight upright cultivar that is in no way wimpy even when young or in a pot as some other cultivars. There  are no unseemly  wayward tall growing branches in need of constant trimming. Rather shorter horizontal heavily branched habit. It’s very small shinny leafs form in groups towards the end of branches giving it a pagoda style look although not open as some other such trees. It tends to have a thicker look. Spring color is a very delicate yellow greeen giving way to shiny green in summer and it has a very nice yellow /orange fall color that lasts much longer than most other JM’s. (some say up to 6 weeks)..holding it’s leaves late into fall.It is known for good sun resistance. My Sekka, in it’s current home , potted, in a mostly sunny area,  has shown no burn whatsover
One unusual characteristic is flattened ends of some of its new growth giving it an unusaul look at close inspection. Although this tree looks like a dwarf it can get fairly large in perfect growing areas but I think around here 6 – 10′ max and likely on the shorter end. It also seems to be a very fast grower unlike most other smaller leaf cultivars that seem to take forever to develop into specimens .I would classify it a semi dwarf in the upper Midwest maybe even a dwarf . It should be perfect for smaller spots since it stays compact . It also has “bonsai” written all over it and should be a great bonsai JM.

Below are some VERY late fall ( Nov. 11) jpegs but it is much more yellow for most of the fall period. This particular tree is very young and these shots do not show it’s typical pagoda type habit, but does give you some idea of it’s striking beauty even in a near winter fall period.

Sekka yatsubusa

NEWS FLASH  !!!!!   NEWS FLASH  !!!!!

From Monkey Puzzle Central at Davidsans Japanese Maples

I have a small assortment of MP’s still left but only in the $99…. 25 – 27″  tall trees.  I will likely be receiving more in spring including some much smaller 1 gallon trees that will be priced much less . I won’t be setting the price on these smaller trees til spring.  I will post size and jpeg of a representative example at that time… but be advised you will be getting a much smaller tree with just a few short branches. But these 1 gallon small trees can be shipped inexpensively making the whole transaction much more likely to please those on a tight budget. This is especially meant for thosee who want one of these cool trees and who have plenty of time to watch them grow into a larger tree but limited funds to buy one from the get go.

Prices for my larger are $79-$225 depending on size…. and shipping is expensive since even the smallest ones ( excluding 1 gallon size) weigh 45-50 lbs ea.An example of shipping and packing a $99… 27″ tree from Davidsans to NYC was around $57,  a $79 20″  tree to Texas was about $52 ..so it ain’t cheap..and we don’t mark up shipping .. we do charge to pack since the root ball needs to be inner crated with 1×2’s ,as do all our trees to insure safe shipment . All my MP  trees  are shippable but only in the $79-$100 range can be done without great expense ( along with any future 1 gallons).  These medium sized trees average 20-28″ tall measured from top of a 12-16″ VERY large root ball which is Ground level when planted…  so don’t be  fooled by their small tape measure height .. these are NOT small trees.  Remember these grow very slowly so even  the 20″ tree is OLD many years and is NOT a twig … A one gallon tree is 2-3 years old. Even a 20″ size 79$ tree is big enough to make a real statement in your yard. They all have  large caliper and many wavy branches and often much wider than tall .. larger 4′ trees  are best pick up only but if you are willing to pay all the oversize charges to get a truly boffo MP  they can be shipped.

If  you are interested please let me know

By the way a little bit of Trivia on Monkey Puzzles

If you watch the original “The Ghost and Mrs Muir” .. The ghost, a sea farin’ captain, planted one from seed in the front yard of his cottage by the seamany years before the current story… it was now huge.. Unfortunately before Mrs muir became acquainted with him and liked him…she had found the tree so odd and  “hideous” she had it cut down. He was furious about it and really busted her chops over it  ( I would have too)… there were very slight glimpses of the large tree in the beginning of the 1957 “non classic”  For me, hearing it was cut down, was the WORST part of the movie .

Davidsans Japanese Maples is located in Springfield, Illinois in what is known as the “deep Midwest corn country”. We are a dependable, customer oriented company now open to the public for limited sales of the beautiful amazing varieties of these “momiji” – the Japanese Maple Tree. We offer over 225 DIFFERENT cultivars of these beautiful trees. The photographs you see here are of our own trees in our own gardens. Please browse the pages here and take advantage of the things we have learned about how special Japanese Maples truly are.

We have also added a few companion trees some of which are of Far Eastern heritage ( not necessarily from Japan), and others that just look the part and will work well in Japanese gardens and settings.You can view these in the “Other Species From Japan” section. These are truly rare items you won’t likely find elsewhere. We hope to add to this “rare companion section” on an on-going basis so check back frequently.

We would also like to remind folks that we specialize in Japanese maples for colder areas but with most cultivars there is a limit of just how much cold they can take if planted out in the ground . Be advised that no one should be without a beautiful Japanese maple even those living in the far north . These trees without exception do great in containers. Containers give flexibility in placement and are easy to care for . If you are like I was, this may be a hard hurdle to leap over, since most of us love planting things in the ground . But once you start growing  Japanese maples in containers you will find it to be in many ways more fun and only a bit more work. Please don’t limit yourself  by excluding such a cool and valuable tree just because you live in the far north outside their in the ground planting range. Planting a container Japanese maples no matter where you live will be a great addition to your yard giving you a true specimen tree  and likely set you apart from others who have no idea they can grow these special trees in your area. I gurantee once you try it you will be hooked like I am.

We are open by appointment only so please Email or call us directly  to set up a day and time to visit . You may come to pick out and purchase your own Japanese Maple from our large selection, or just to view trees, get ideas for your own yard and make possible purchase lists. For those not able to visit please feel free to Email or call  us concerning shipment of cultivars, their cost, or with any other questions ( be sure to include you city and state for zone and shipping purposes). All Emails will be answered within 24 hours whenever possible.

If you would rather call for a more personal contact do so any day or the week before 10 pm central time ( see # below). If we are not able to take the call please leave your name , phone #, area you are from ,and a detailed message .

Unlike most other web etailers , we feel contacting our customers that have contacted us is priority #!. Their is nothing that upsets me more than when I contact some business through email and not hearing back for days, weeks,months or ever. THEREFORE, WE  GUARANTEE WE WILL CONTACT YOU WITHIN 24 HOURS OF YOUR EMAIL  QUERRY.

If you  not hear back from Davidsans within 24 hrs from an email sent from the contact section of this site, please call. No email sytem is 100% perfect. We have added a retyping of email line since a few folks that contacted us,  i was not able to re-contact ( mailer daimon) from mis-spelled email addresses…very frustrating .

But as i said email glitches are not uncommon. I have had a few folks call who used the contact page and i got butkus.. so please call  if you don’t hear back . I am an internet junkie and i check my queries several times a day so it is likely I will contact you within hours . As I stated above I think answering emails is job #1 for any etailer.

David “Davidsan” Myers and Gale Myers (Owners)