BONSAI MAGAZINE

The Official Publication of Bonsai Clubs International

In the September/October 2001 Issue

 

DEPARTMENTS

1 THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

5 FROM THE EDITOR

7 BOOK REVIEW

39 BONSAI NEWS

40 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

41 CLUB CORNER

COVER: Callistemon viminalis,
Chin-Yao Peng Collection

 

 

FEATURES

8 BONSAI ON BOARD: BCI 2001 - IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO CRUISE THE BLUE SEAS

A review of BCI's floating convention and the registration form are included inside.

12 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING TREES BEFORE LEAVES SPROUT

Many varieties are recommended for late winter to early spring bonsai enjoyment by Susumu Nakamura.

16 THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING TREE OF CALLISTEMON VIMINALIS

The outstanding bright flower color of this tree contrasts delightfully with its dark bark, and Mr. Chih-Hao Hsu gives important lessons on this JAL 2000 Runner-Up Prize Winner.

20 PLUNGING PENJING!

David Fukumoto combines three concepts for this procumbens juniper: exposed root, cascade and penjing.

22 SELECTING TREES FOR WATER-AND-LAND PENJING: MUSINGS OF A MASTER

Quingquan "Brook" Zhao and Karin Albert provide guidelines for successfully creating a water-and-land penjing.

26 HON BON BO FOR SMALLER GARDENS

Lit Phan and Lew Buller team up for this article on Vietnamese landscapes.

3O OUR SHUSHE PENJING: A NEW ART FORM & OUR PHILOSOPHY

Robert Stevens, Rudy Nayoan and Jongky Sulistio use "suiseki" with trees for this penjing art form.

32 TROPICAL PENJING

Nature and Budi Sulistyo composed this tropical landscape.

34 TOUCHSTONES OF SUISEKI APPRECIATION

"Suiseki art is certainly different from the simple collection of stones with interesting shapes or patterns," Jean Michel Guillaumond instructs.

37 THE WHITE SWAMP PAPERBARK

Derek Oakley writes about his Melaleuca parviflora, which received the BCI President's Award this past spring.