Kusa Farm Shohin Bonsai Nursery

In this week's episode, we are featuring the garden and techniques of Shannon Salyer. Shannon's nursery, Kusa Farm (kusa-farm.com), is located in Lenoir City, TN near Knoxville and is home to some of the best US-grown shohin bonsai and kusamono. This first episode is a walkthrough of Kusa Farm and Shannon's private collection. If you'd like to see the remaining episodes, sign up for Bonsai-U below!
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[@TheBonsaiZone]

What a nice fellow! I really liked the trees!!

[@andyb.4698]

Hello Nigel, i like your Videos

[@Deyyyyyyy]

Hello Nigel hehehe, I watch your vids too, more power to you paps

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

There is something quite enchanting and magical about shohin and mame trees. ❤️

[@jonnylee444]

Shannon has some of the best Shohin I've ever seen! His ability to work with them and have such forethought towards them, he does amazing work!

I am a lesser channel in Brazilian bonsai, I would like to thank you for all your incredible content.

[@dabblingwithbonsai]

My goodness these Shohin are so beautiful! As a balcony dabbler, the Shohin and Mame is my intention, but never did i ever fancied of having one like this.. So many years to learn and grow. Thanks for taking us for the tour Bjorn, thanks for having us Shannon! 💚💚💚

[@Tore1972Wisdom]

So very nice to see his place. More of that please. Beautiful shohin i must say.

[@joannevandyke5112]

He's definitely doing something right ✅ beautiful collection 😍

[@stephensklein6952]

Always nice to see the smaller trees. Over the years I have grown many and lost many Shohin and Mame. One point not addressed in the video is the extra care and watering these take to be successful. The small pots are not forgiving to missed watering.

[@bobbysteig5346]

I have a Shohin oak from Shannon which I acquired in 2018. It's nice to be able to see him, get to know a bit about him and view his collection Cool vid, thanks Björn

[@nightcoder5k]

What a beautiful collection. Thank you for the video.

[@baldyeti]

Shannon seems like a good, righteous dude. Awesome little trees to boot.

[@Foxtrot1967]

Nice things do come in small packages. Lovely collection sir.

[@sambithazra8242]

Every trees is lovely and natural ❣❣❣❣🏝🏝🏝🏝🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@frenchfries2148]

He had one of my favorite collections I’ve seen on KZbin

[@margaretsims4344]

Wonderful trees, thanks for the tour. Beautiful.

[@antoniojosegarcia9469]

Gee... that rose must be wonderfull when in full bloom... loved this episode

[@thorge3997]

what a chilled guy with beautiful trees

[@bonsaihigh]

Good to se more people interested in shohin 😃

[@janetdierker5700]

Really enjoyed seeing Shannon's trees!

[@MichaelKush420]

Incredible collection and every pot was just PERFECT! Love seeing the shohin !!

[@mattdemoraes]

Really enjoyed this - would love to see more from Shannon & his Nursery. Thanks folks

[@minijadebonsai464]

I love those small bonsai they're beautiful 😍

[@nazariojuarez3156]

Amazing collection

[@alan.garcia.gonzalez]

This is beautiful. To see how this man is telling stories about his bonsai collection, priceless. Thanks for sharing this insight.

[@matshagstrom9839]

Awesome showing support for local growers. Respectful and very educational. I hope to visit his nursery someday. Thank you for making the video. There is something about people who work with plants. The best in the field always support other growers. Top notch!!!

[@satoribonsai7201]

So nice ! what a great garden visit! thanks for taking us along

[@alphavinebonsai6586]

A great video. thanks for sharing. I really like shohin trees and many of these are going to become nice specimens, but already a joy to look at.

[@Ben-lo7cy]

Amazing collection and really cool guy. Enjoyed watching him do a walkthrough and talk about the trees individually.

[@JAMES-dv5ns]

Cool feature!! I wish you guys went to the other table with those awesome conifers. I see him a lot on the auctions in Fbook, nice to give recognition that is deserved.

[@Qvigg]

Shannon is such a nice guy. Fantastic material too

[@rolando10]

Amazing video and Shohin trees. Bravo ! 👏👏👏

[@bruh_hahaha]

Shanon is such a great guy! Great work on this video. Very informative and entertaining!

[@emy1111]

really knowledgeable and passionate thankyou!

[@AG-go2du]

Such a choice beautiful collection would love to see/ hear more!! So many little gems😍

[@jake8283]

Amazing collection. Cool dude👍

[@robertobreglia9224]

Hi Bjorn,thank you very much for sharing this interesting video about shohin trees. These little trees are beautiful but you have very careful about watering due to the small size of the pots. 👍👍👍👍

[@dereksaunders4462]

I have found myself wanting to do more smaller trees in the last couple years.

[@abhishekplantsstation1273]

Nice collection 👌

[@ArdArdArd123]

I use Japanese training pots as well. I like that they are a little deeper, so they have more space to grow and hold water, but they are not as deep as the regular terra cotta pots. So it's easier to transfer it to a bonsai pot after. Also they are super cheap to buy used at bonsai nurseries. They are also less pourus, because they are baked at a higher temperature. Because of this they suck up less water from the soil. I've tried pond baskets on my balcony, but because of higher winds and lots of direct sun I couldn't keep up with the watering. I don't have that problem with the Japanese training pots. And they look nice, when you use them on all your trees. A lot calmer and more uniform.

[@stephenfuqua1310]

Shoot, I used to live 5 miles from here and never knew about this place! Missed opportunity.

[@Explorebonsai]

It's amazing,good inspiration Good luck allways

[@ricbethsbonsai638]

Hi very simple is most beautiful , congrats, God bless your garden

[@jballenger9240]

Who knew Tennessee was such a hot bed of bonsai!

[@craighunter3273]

Thanks for this really interesting field trip. Excellent Shohin collection. Well worth the effort to video and interview. He seems a very likeable and informative chap. Great technique with the whole camera work and production thing. Cheers Craig

[@edmilkovitz297]

Very nice collection of trees

[@millyabrahams4977]

Love shohin and mame. Thanks.

[@Donpapibonsai]

Great video enjoyed it thank you

[@janetyu3254]

So beautiful 😻

[@enormousiserratic8276]

How did Tennessee come to have so many great bonsai nurseries and gardens?

[@neutronshiva2498]

Where's a will, there's a way!

[@gabewashburn5756]

Incredible

[@Blaydrnnnr]

I have a mature Kousa in my front yard, my favorite tree of my ornamental trees, but after picking, thousands ond thousands of fruit, I have only ever found 6 seeds, and none were viable. I've been trying so hard for decades to try to grow a Kousa....gorgeous tree.....

[@jardindelbonsaiboquetepana8600]

Beautifull thanks 👋

[@getintothewildwithjeffruma8777]

That Dogwood bonsai was beautiful. I might have to see about getting one to work on on my channel 👍

[@robertjones7023]

I have a Kousa stump I saved from a neighbor's curb, it's about 10"-12" dia. Ugly as heck. But it is alive and has a lot of potential. Maybe it will shine in 10 years! Also, I started collecting Kousa seeds last fall. There are about 20 seedlings from about 100-150 seeds this spring. Side note: you can eat the fruit, it tastes like strawberry/banana.

[@t3dwards13]

Wow! I have a hard enough time just growing trees in pots, there's no way I can graduate to shohin and mame anytime soon.

[@briankavanagh7191]

Bjorn, is this going to be series of local Bonsai enthusiasts and Bonsai sellers?

[@RomanGWatch]

Beautiful nursery, why the video is so short

[@Deyyyyyyy]

8:16 what is that tree from the front, please tell me🥺

[@deepanj7875]

Super 👍

[@VEE-rd7cu]

So beautiful. It looks cold & damp there. Is that a better climate for bonsai?

[@gregs190]

Nice guy, have bought quite a few azaleas from him.

[@DarthMasiah]

very nice trees

[@bonsaihaidubai3884]

Nhiều cây đẹp quá anh ơi

[@november8039]

I bet there's a persimmon tree nearby! There was a fruiting persimmon in my yard in Tennessee as a child, the nearest male plants were on the neighbors property down the road a good bit.

[@MAMLeers]

Beautiful! But shohin and especially mame bonsaï are not that easy to grow and to take care of. On the other hand: ideal when you don't have that much space... You might look for Lonicera Nitida and/or Potentilla to start with cause they are cheap, quite forgiving and strong. Nice video!

[@stephenmagee5163]

I bought some of my first terracotta from Japan it fell first week, 4 feet onto gravel. I was mortified but it survived

[@petreckstere2704]

I like those flat terracotta pots; where do you get yours?

[@kite9039]

Where is a good Website to find Japanese trees to import please?

[@thietbuibonsai]

👍👍👍❤❤❤

[@freddierodriguez2608]

Where is this located @

[@rizkyrijzalbonsai6990]

Keren bosku mantap

[@waterlover]

Nothing but cuties on that bench

[@josuehernandez5413]

Do you have preclinical class in 2023

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌👌👌🍎🙂

[@greggibson8137]

should have been 2hr vid