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Good morning

There's big news around here. Michael Hagedorn's much anticipated Bonsai Heresy is due in early May
To make sure you reserve your place in line you can 

pre-order yours now and save 5.00

And one more thing. If you combine your Bonsai Heresy order with other items and reach the 50.00 limit, you'll get FREE Shipping too. On both the other items, which we'll ship now, and Bonsai Heresy when it arrives (Free shipping is for Continental U.S. orders only)
 
Michael Hagedorn had a hand in this
White pine and now it's ready for
Shinji Suzuki’s
inspection and then Kokufu
When Michael apprenticed in Japan Mr Suzuki
was Michael's Master

Photo from Today's Post
The Back Cover of Bonsai Heresy
Michael Hagedorn
I think this photo is from a few years ago,
but Michael still looks the same
NEW SPECIALS
Okatsune Tools & Bonsai Fertilizers
Marked Down 30%
This Special Ends Monday Night
(see below)
A yamadori Juniper that belongs to Michael
getting ready to move from box to pot
Michael knows Nebari!
The tree being trabsplanted at Michael's bonsai garden
is an Acer rubrum (Red maple)
Meanwhile, Some More Great Bonsai Books
We Think You'll Like

and just in case you think you saw them all last time
we add and subtract some each time
Principles of Bonsai Design
by David De Groot,
former curator at the Pacific Bonsai Museum


Principles of Bonsai design is the most complete
how-to bonsai design book we've seen in over 25 years
Ponderosa Pines as Bonsai
by Larry Jackel
This one-of-a-kind bonsai book focuses on one of the most beautiful and dramatic trees in North America.

If you are interested in Poderosas,
or collected bonsai trees (yamadori) in general,
you'll want to partake of Larry Jackels enthusiasm & knowledge
Gnarly Branches, Ancient Trees,
The Life and Works of Dan Robinson, Bonsai Pioneer


Bonsai pioneer is a good choice of words to describe who Dan is. The Picasso of bonsai might be equally good. I don't know if you'll ever see another bonsai book with trees as thoroughly unique as Gnarly Branches, Ancient Trees
Bonsai Deadwood by Francois Jeker
This remarkable book is a wonderful resource
if you want to learn about creating beautiful
natural looking deadwood on your bonsai.
The author, Francois Jeker is an accomplished bonsai artist and deadwood carving master.
Ficus: The Exotic Bonsai
by Jerry Meislik
This one-of-a-kind book is the real thing 
not a rehash of information gleaned from other books,
but clear, practical advice on growing
and caring for your tropical Ficus bonsai
Jerry Meislik is a well known and respected
long time Ficus grower and this excellent book
reflects his considerable knowledge and wisdom

 
Two Great Specials!
End Monday Night
Three of our 20 Okatsune Tools for your Bonsai & Garden
All Okatsune Tools Marked Down 30%
Okatsune Are the Favorite of Quality Tool Lovers
For your Bonsai and for your Garden
Okatsune are built to cut for generations


SPECIAL INCLUDES SHEATHS & SHARPENING STONE
Bonsai Fertilizes Marked Down 30%
for most of your it's the season
for the rest of us, soon!
Michael Hagedorn, our favorite bonsai teacher
suggests that you...
....fertilize young trees starting in the spring
for faster development

and that you should wait until the summer
for older more developed trees


SPECIAL INCLUDES TONICS, ROOTING COMPOUND
& MYCONOX
Here’s what our friend Michael Hagedorn has to say about this lovely Japanese maple: “This maple in Shinji Suzuki’s tokonoma is in a pot typical of this kind of tree. It works better aesthetically, in two ways. A shallow pot will make the nebari continue spreading, and the delicacy of the trunks is enhanced by a shallower pot. But a maple is also a tree that appreciates water. And a shallow pot will retain more moisture than a deeper one, in a soil-to-soil relative way. It’s a wetter pot.”
Including Our Famous Roshi Tools 
High Quality, Precise, Durable, Beautiful
and the prices are right!

Now These Amazing Tools Are All Marked Down
Masters Stainless Bonsai Shears in Bamboo Box
designed by Robert Steven

one of the few items we can't discount, but it's worth every penny
Our Green T Mini Shohin Work Tables
 are well built and beautiful,
sturdy works of art in themselves
and perfect for your quest for beautiful small trees
We are pleased to re-introduce our
Green T Mini Shohin Bonsai Work Tables
Their size is small, but their potential to improve the way you work on your little trees, and the results are large indeed. The secret is the 3Axis technology with its tilting system that...(more here)
Green T Mini V - Only 135.00
Green T Mini S -  Only 15.00
We love our Tie Pots and So Do You Judging by Sales 
It's the product those of us who grow our own bonsai
have been waiting for

SPECIAL 5 Tie Pots for Only 69.95
 
Tie Pots Enhance Root Development
and good root development is a must for good ramification
and for stronger, faster growing trees
But that's not all... transplanting is a breeze
(you use the knobs to wire them in)
And of course, there's guy wiring (the knobs again)

GROW YOUR BONSAI WITH TIE POTS
NOW MARKED DOWN

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