Kusamono — Young Choe

SBBK Guest Feb 25, 2026

  • KusamonoChoe.com

  • Kusa (wild) mono (thing)

  • Shita (grass) kusa (grows)

  • Can arrange different season plants — to change and enjoy each season

  • Don’t mix sun loving plants with shade loving plants 

  • Accent plant should not be taller than the tree stand

  • Display with bonsai: Seasonal effect / proportion / harmonize / habitat / maintenance Rotate once a month so that flowers get sun and not just one direction

  • different shape pot than the tree pot

  • If the tree has flowers the accent should not have flowers

  • Soil half Shohin mix and half bonsai fines (45% lava 45% akadama 5% charcoal)

  • Moss ball used muck

  • Rule: do not only use even number of plants

  • Start w larger plant — like to split up and move them around

  • Remove brown leaves, separate a clump of plants and spread them out

  • Once arranged, use a chopstick to take out any air or space

  • Adonis flower

  • Aster flower

  • Marlberry (evergreen) ideal for bonsai accent plant (red berry)

  • Selagenela (great fern-like)

  • Bean fern or button fern (wegmans)

Michael Wei