Puget Sound Bonsai  Association  

 

  A Suggested Reading List

Books
Adams, Peter D.: THE ART OF FLOWERING BONSAI
DeGroot, David: BASIC BONSAI DESIGN 
Hu, Yunhua: PENJING: The Chinese Art of Miniature Gardens
Jerry Meislik: FICUS: The Exotic Bonsai 
Kawasumi, Masakuni: BONSAI WITH AMERICAN TREES
Kennedy, Alexander: SATSUKI
Kennedy, Alexander: FLORAL TREASURES OF JAPAN: the Satsuki Azaleas
Koreshoff, Deborah: BONSAI: Its Art, Science, History, and Philosophy
Lenz, A. N.(' Nick'): BONSAI FROM THE WILD
Lesniewicz, Paul: BONSAI in Your Home
Lewis, Colin: BONSAI SURVIVAL MANUAL
Liang-Chang, Amy: THE ART OF BONSAI
FYI: Professor Liang has published this book more than once with a different title, cover and a different publisher each time. Let the Buyer Beware!
Murata, Kyuzo: FOUR SEASONS OF BONSAI
Naka, John Y.: BONSAI TECHNIQUES I, and BONSAI TECHNIQUES II
Naka, John Y.; Ota, Richard; & Rokkaku, Kenko: BONSAI TECHNIQUES FOR SATSUKI
Norman, Ken: CREATE YOUR OWN BONSAI, 50 Step-by-Step Projects
Shen, Y. C.; Sung, Beulah Kwok; & Sung, C. B.: The Chinese Art of BONSAI & POTTED LANDSCAPES
Tomlinson, Harry: The Complete Book of BONSAI
Tucker, Melba: SUISEKI & VIEWING STONES, An American Perspective
Yoshimura, Yuji, & Halford, Giovanna: T HE JAPANESE ART OF MINIATURE TREES AND LANDSCAPES, Their Care and Enjoyment
Zane, Tom; DeGroot, David; & Banting, Vaughan: BONSAI MANUAL for Appreciating, Judging and Buying Bonsai
Zhao, Quinquan: WORLDS OF WONDERMENT

  Magazines
Bonsai Today always has beautiful pictures and useful articles. Tends to be centered on Japanese artists and trees. On occasion, the magazine will devote an entire issue to a topic, e.g. the first issue has a definitive article on wiring, #17 is devoted to transplanting, etc. ($45/yr, six issues) Website
International Bonsai also has beautiful photos and useful articles. Although it also has a fair number of articles from Japan, it also has articles and trees from elsewhere. ($30/yr, 4 issues) Website
Journal of the American Bonsai Society as the name implies, it tends to be centered on the members (i.e. North American) trees. Contains ABS club news as well as articles. ($28/yr, 4 issues) Website
Bonsai Magazine (Official Publication of Bonsai Clubs International) News concerning BCI as well as articles and photos of members trees. ($36/yr., six issues) Website  



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