Bonsai Collection 
The North Carolina Arboretum

Arthur Joura, Bonsai Curator

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Blue Atlas Cedar  
(Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca')
Literati form, donated by Ms. Ruth Lamanna in 1996. Restyled by Arthur Joura in 1998.

Shimpaku Juniper and Kingsville Boxwood
(Juniperus 'Shimpaku' and Buxus microphylla 'Kingsville Dwarf')
Poetic Name: "Rest in the Shade of the Trees"
Tray landscape planting, created by Yuji Yoshimura in a demonstration for the Triangle Bonsai Society in 1996, donated by Helen Davis in 1996.

Christmas Cheer Azalea and Kingsville Boxwood
(Rhododendron 'Christmas Cheer' and Buxus microphylla 'Kingsville Dwarf')
Poetic Name: "River of Dreams"
Tray landscape planting, created in early 1980s by Yuji Yoshimura, donated by Howard Kazan in 2002.

Fukien Tea
 (Ehretia microphylla)
Informal upright form, created by Dr. Bev Armstrong and donated  in 1996.

Tamarack 
(Larix laricina)
Poetic Name: "Golden Heart"
Formal upright form, created by Dorothy Wells from a seedling collected in Michigan in 1974, donated in 1995.

Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
Japanese Hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)
Dryland Blueberry (Vaccinium pallidum)
Withe-Rod (Viburnum cassinoides)
Japanese Spirea (Spirea japonica)

Poetic Name: "Graveyard Fields"
Tray landscape planting, created at the 1999 Carolina Bonsai Expo by Arthur Joura.

Virginia Pine
  (Pinus virginiana)
Semi cascade form, created by E. Felton Jones and donated in 1999.

American Hornbeam  
(Carpinus caroliniana)
Informal upright form, created by Arthur Joura from a forest tree collected in 1990.

Procumbens Juniper
(Juniperus chinensis 'Procumbens')
Poetic Name: "Tall and Pure"
Formal upright form, created by Helen Davis and donated  in 1996.

Kiyohime Japanese Maple  
(Acer palmatum 'Kiyohime')
Semi cascade form, created by Dr. Bev Armstrong and donated in 2000.

Hop Hornbeam and Chinzan Azalea
(Ostrya virginiana and Rhododendron 'Chinzan')
Forest planting on a stone slab, created at the 1997 Carolina Bonsai Expo and donated by Ken Duncan and John Geanangel.

Kashima Japanese Maple 
(Acer palmatum 'Kashima')
Informal upright form, created by Dr. Robert Murray and donated in 2003.

Banyan  
(Ficus retusa)
Twin trunk, informal upright form, donated by George and Cora Staples in 1992.

Baldcypress
(Taxodium distichum)
Water-and-Land Penjing, created by Quingquan Zhao in a demonstration at The NC Arboretum in 1998.

Procumbens Juniper
(Juniperus chinensis 'Procumbens' )
Coiled-trunk form, donated by George and Cora Staples in 1992.

Exotic Fig
(Ficus benjamina 'Exotica')
Root-over-Rock Informal Upright form, created  by Tom Stoute and donated in 1995.

Procumbens Juniper  
(Juniperus chinensis 'Procumbens')
Literati form on rock, donated by George and Cora Staples in 1992, restyled by Arthur Joura in 1993.

Coontie
(Zamia pumila)
Clump form, donated by George and Cora Staples in 1992.

Shimpaku Juniper
(Juniperus chinensis 'Shimpaku')
Semi-cascade form, created by Helen Davis and donated  in 1996.

Shimpaku Juniper
(Juniperus  chinensis 'Shimpaku')
Slanting upright form with dead wood, from a cutting struck in 1975, donated by Ruth Lamanna in 1996, restyled by Arthur Joura in 1998.

Milletia 
(Milletia japonica)
Informal upright form, from a plant donated by E. Felton Jones in 1995.

Amur Maple
(Acer ginnala)
Group planting, five trees, created in 2001 by Arthur Joura.

Japanese Hornbeam
(Carpinus japonica)
Forest planting created and donated by William Valavanis in 1994.

Texas Ebony
(Pithecellobium flexicaule)
Informal upright form, donated by George and Cora Staples in 1992.

Chinese Elm
(Ulmus parvifolia)
Slanting upright form, donated by George and Cora Staples in 1992.

Japanese Five-needle Pine
(Pinus parviflora)
Slanting upright form, created by Dr. Robert Murray and donated  in 2003.

European Beech
(Fagus sylvatica)
Forest planting, created in April of 1996 by Ben Oki, from trees grown at the Arboretum from seed.

Common Boxwood  
(Buxus sempervirens)
Twin trunk, informal upright form, donated by George and Cora Staples in 1992.

Willow Leaf Ficus
(Ficus nerriifolia)
Informal upright form, donated by George and Cora Staples in 1992.

Foam Flower
(Tiarella cordifolia)
Herbaceous planting, started in 1995.

Dwarf Witch Alder
(Fothergilla gardenii)
Clump form, created by Arthur Joura from a nursery plant in 2001.