Bonsai Today Magazine - Contents & Features:

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#1 – Wiring techniques, gallery, styling winter jasmine, Kimura styles a yew, outstanding American bonsai, white
pine informal upright, satsuki azalea. 1989

#2 – Air layering, bonsai basics, gallery, Kimura styles ‘The Dragon’, needle juniper, black pine, how to create
deadwood. 1989

#3 – Leaf pruning, Kimura studies plant position, trident maple shohin, black pine literati, drastic pruning
azaleas, gallery, minimize pruning scars. 1989

#4 – Pinching guide - part I, gallery, Kimura styles a white pine, tropical bonsai – bucida spinosa, beech,
displaying in tokonoma, thicken trunks. 1989

#5 – Pinching guide – part II, right container, gallery, black pine rock planting, collected holly, white pine,
japanese maple. 1990

#6 – Digging california juniper, gallery, flowering & fruiting bonsai, tool maintenance & care, grafting branches,
how to start a bonsai collection, root over rock from cuttings. 1990

#7 – Creation pruning, tropical bonsai – ficus nerifolia, gallery, pine, cryptomeria, zelkova, how to display
bonsai, black pine cascade, bunjin style holly. 1990

#8 – Propagation from cuttings, gallery, trident maple rock planting, shohin from cutting, propagation of zuisho,
pruning deciduous trees, flowering cherry. 1990

#9 – Pinching and shaping basics, gallery, hornbeam, winter pruning broom style, zuisho rock planting, suiseki,
bonsai: past, present & future. 1990

#10 – Pinching and pruning specifics, approach grafting, black pine styling, trident maple styling, apprenticeship
american style, gallery. 1990

#11 – Selecting the first branch, gallery, juniper ramification, minimizing pruning scars, maple ramification,
broom style zelkova, BT index 1 – 10, beech care & refinement. 1991

#12 – Bonsai from seed, shohin from seed, gallery, shohin cascade, Kimura styles a spruce, field growing,
classic containers. 1991

#13 – Branch refinement special, root rot, Lenz styles a white cedar, bonsai for beginners, training of a young
master, gallery. 1991

#14 – Bonsai on a balcony, grafting, root over rock shohin, stewartia, gallery, hinoki cypress. 1991

#15 – A study of pines and maples, gallery, Kimura styles a white pine, trident & japanese maples, black pine,
boston ivy, classic containers. 1991

#16 – Flowering & fruiting bonsai, beech by layering, pine on rock, collected juniper, gallery, suiseki gallery.
1991

#17 – SPECIAL ISSUE – Transplanting. 1992

#18 – Selecting the right pot, selecting the right stand, show preparation, summer watering and feeding,
gallery, Kimura styling a juniper, ilex serrata from root cutting. 1992

#19 – Gallery, nursery stock, Hamano and Kimura, satsuki azaleas, defoliation, pomegranate root over rock,
suiseki. 1992

#20 – Air layering a bonsai, gallery, black pine from seed, cascade black pine from seed, satsuki azaleas, classic
containers. 1992

#21 – 100 suggestions for success, gallery, suiseki exhibition, Kimura inverts a juniper, classic containers. 1992

#22 – Gallery, forests of spruce/trident & japanese maple/stewartia/beech, emergency treatment, cherry. 1992

#23 – Gallery, growing bonsai in ground, garden juniper, improve rootage, Harry Hirao suiseki collection, accent
plant, classic container. 1993

#24 – SPECIAL ISSUE – Rock Planting. 1993

#25 – Bunjin special, Gallery, hawthorn cascade, boxwood, suiseki, pot color. 1993

#26 - Formal upright and broom styles, step by step zelkova, gallery, bonsai museum, cascade juniper. 1993

#27 – Advanced techniques, cascades, slanting, deadwood techniques, gallery, styrax. 1993

#28 - Special technique for cuttings, gallery, basic and intermediate course, beech, juniper, pine. 1993

#29 - Scots pine training, gallery, trident maple, spruce and cryptomeria training, suiseki, white pine. 1994

#30 – Gallery, the crane of Hokkaido, Chinese juniper, a Zen legend, sacrifice branches, companion plants, root
styles, sculpting deadwood. 1994

#31 - Styling white pine, hornbeam layering, cryptomeria care, euonymus, Kimura creates a white pine, gallery,
unusual pots, spindle tree. 1994

#32 - Training flowering plants, leaf pruning, Kimura styles an azalea, pine from seed, trident maple, gallery.
1994

#33 - Air layering overview, bald cypress inspiration, gallery, root over rock maple, ivy from cuttings, bunjin
pine. 1994

#34 - California juniper, accent plants, adding deadwood, gallery, Chinese juniper, Norway spruce, elm. 1994

#35 - Mitsuya and pine care, tokonoma, correcting root rot, end of summer care, suiseki, gallery, Kimura styles
a juniper. 1995

#36 - Finding the front, azalea training, pinching guide, persimmon, Prunus, mulberry, bunjin, gallery. 1995

#37 - Rocks and plants, yew on a rock, black pine notes, gallery, prunus mume, hornbeam, growing in the field.
1995

#38 - Wisteria training, Kimura rock planting, gallery, suiseki, trunk shortening, shohin, layering maple, figwych.
1995

#39 – Gallery, japanese maple, backyard bonsai display, red pine, azalea, training a layered elm. 1995

#40 - Training satsuki azalea, gallery, apple part 1, spring tasks, accelerating root growth, layering small trees,
suiseki. 1995

#41 – Young vs old, training deciduous bonsai, grafting junipers & pine, Kuo juniper, apple part 2, satsuki, pot
selection. 1996

#42 - Training conifers, gallery, finding material, azalea training, giant juniper, forming branches, suiseki,
Kimura styles red pine. 1996

#43 - Cuttings step by step, Kimura divides the trunk of a tree, black pine, juniper training, gallery, bonsai
exposition D Issuikai, suiseki, small flowering bonsai. 1996

#44 - Creating simulated rock slabs, japanese maple arakwa, gallery, yew, bunjin design, pruning deciduous
bonsai, azaleas, dead wood, ancient pots. 1996

#45 - 50 best shohin part 1, root graft, grafting overview, shortening pine needles, suiseki, camellia, prunus
training, bonsai in flower. 1996

#46 - 50 best shohin part 2, suiseki, shaping small azaleas, creating forests, juniper training, training quince,
transplanting red pine, pruning prunus. 1996

#47 - Super feeding, gallery, branch training in summer, controlling azalea flowers, defoliating maples, training
styrax, maple, “superfeeding”. 1997

#48 - Training pine, masters of bonsai, beech training part 1, training elaeagnus, juniper, air layering garden
trees, forsythia bonsai, Sakkaten exhibit, discovering Fuji. 1997

#49 - Tips for daily care, beech training part 2, honeysuckle, reshaping juniper, Issui-Ten Tokyo exhibit, cascade
style, Kimura at work, copper trays, rescuing neglected trees. 1997

#50 - Rock planting, gallery, pruning deciduous trees, pruning fruit trees, working on roots, magnolia training,
pruning fruiting trees, yew, training in boxes. 1997

#51 – Orient express, elms, working on roots, rescuing neglected trees, masters of bonsai, suiseki, dwarf
species. 1997
#52 – Gallery, jin and shari, wisteria, masters of bonsai, crab apples, suiseki, working on roots, shaping good
trees, formation of nebari, pine tree cascade. 1997

#53 - Six articles on branch training, accent plants, rosemary bonsai, training japanese apricot, barberry and
quince, suiseki. 1998

#54 - Making a large bonsai pot, hibiscus from garden to pot, trident maple, white pine, black pine, accent
plants, defoliation techniques. 1998

#55 - Pine design study, gallery, three shohin bonsai, collected yew, ficus ideal in the tropics, pine, hornbeam,
gallery, making pots, suiseki. 1998

#56 - Kimura styles a yew, azaleas, witch-hazel, pomegranate, Prunus mume, pine on rock, persimmon, grass
plantings 1998

#57 - SPECIAL ISSUE – Juniper. 1998

#58 - Pinching back, suiseki, fruit-bearing bonsai, pruning step by step, working on roots, carolina jasmine,
pots. 1998

#59 - Bending large branches, root grafting, transplanting review, gallery, Italian stone pine, bahama berry,
coyrylopsis, root mealy bug. 1999

#60 - Bougainvillea bonsai, California juniper, Nanpukai, Kokufu gallery, Kimura styles a pine, correcting
branches. 1999

#61 - Art of bonsai display, Ficus nerifolia training, Kumquat, removing pine shoots and needles, juniper bonsai,
privet & whortleberry. 1999

#62 – Transformation of deadwood, multi-trunk pine, buttonwood, Kuromatsu warlord of the field, suiseki. 1999

#63 – Sakufu Ten exposition, Kimura adds junipers to deadwood, basic wiring, black pine, maples, zelkova,
Australian pine, suiseki, training deciduous trees. 1999

#64 - Transplanting deciduous trees, maple propagation, cuttings, Orange jasmine bonsai, suiseki. 1999

#65 - Bunjin pine, flowering bonsai, tropical bonsai indoors and out, unique greenhouse, layering maples, styling
white pine, small pots, root over rock satsuki. 2000

#66 - Root over rock style, gallery, fukien tea care & training, Kimura trains an azalea, Mitsuya styles a pine,
suiseki, basic techniques, severe pruning, miniature moos garden. 2000

#67 - Styling informal uprights, styles that reflect nature, looking at trees, suiseki, ficus, yew, pine styling,
selection of miniatures, stewartia monadelpha. 2000

#68 - Secrets for growing dwarf flowering species, fruit bearing bonsai, privet care, japanese holly, a succulent -
portulacaria afra, suiseki, how to make bonsai ready to show. 2000

#69 - Bonsai masters work 7 articles on styling, 3 articles on bunjin, brazilian raintree, john naka creates goshin
II. 2000

#70 - Hornbeam, layering and grafting, five needle pine cascade, logwood care and training, root over rock
japanese black pine by Boon Manakitivipart, antique pots, murphy's stones. 2000

#71 – Kimura & Kobayashi working on two spruces, growing bonsai from seed, super feeding 2, wisteria bonsai,
black pine training techniques with Mitsuya, busida care. 2001

#72 – Bonsai show in Japan, podocarpus / buddhist pine care and training, accent plants, juniper basics, suiseki,
famous bonsai pots, honeysuckle, competition Kimura vs Takeyama. 2001

#73 - Reshaping juniperus chinensis, transforming black pine, calliandra, Mitsuya creates a cascade, outstanding
japanese bonsai pots, natal plum, broom style elm, nebari of zelkova, ramification. 2001

#74 – Collecting trees from the wild 1, ficus "green island" care and training, transforming a pine, broom style
elm-part 2, ancient Imari pot, how to make bonsai pots. 2001

#75 - Chikugo-En, training techniques - japanese maples, training techniques - going from four trunks to five,
training techniques - kabudachi style, bonsai in Japan, collecting trees from the wild 2. 2001
#76 - Prunus mume, beech, bend or break?, secrets of transplanting, polyethylene wrap, buttonwood, suiseki,
collecting trees from the wild 3, European gallery. 2001

#77 - The age of trees, cuttings, shaping, acer buergerianum, sea grape, European gallery. 2002

#78 - Fruit bearing bonsai, Marc Noelanders, stone slabs & rocks, wiring practice, construction of a gigantic
yose-ue. 2002

#79 - Colin Lewis on larch care, pinching back conifers, imitating nature, White Dragon, the future masters,
wisteria, gallery. 2002

#80 - Kimura Special, wiring practice, gallery, quercus ilex. 2002

#81 - Gallery: 30 deciduous bonsai, Shaping symposiums: Japanese maple & azalea, tanuki bonsai, history of a
juniper, scent of the elaeagnus, beauty of stones. 2002

#82 - A Tree and a pot, transplanting in seven parts, improving the nebari, the first root pruning, field grown
trees, nebari the natural way, Gallery: The Wild Olive, refining a trident maple. 2002

#83 - Gallery, Layering in Three Parts, Chan's Accent Plants, Veins, the Life of Trees, Rosemary, Recapture an
Old Tree's Elegance, Growing Mikawa from Seeds. 2003

#84 - Gallery: North American Trees, New Trends in Bonsai Pots, Rehabilitation of 'Mediocre' Specimens, Suiseki,
Cowania mexicana, Accent Plants, Shaping the Best Bonsai Trees of the 21st Century. 2003

#85 - Galleries: Taikan-Ten and Euro-Bonsai Gala, young masters, pots by Tofukuji and others, Before & After,
Kusamono by Willie Benz, Pinching and Defoliation, Aging techniques and tools.2003

#86 - Kimura's Advanced Deadwood Techniques, Designing a Beech Bonsai, Bonsai Pots: Gallery & History,
Pinus Sylvestris, Kusamono Willie Benz, Bonsai in Japanese Gardens, Shaping a Chaenomeles Japonica. 2003

#87 - Advanced Techniques: Reduction and Rehabilitation, Bonsai Gallery, How & Why, Euonymus Alatus, How
to style a young juniperus rigida, Spanish National Bonsai Contest. 2003

#88 - Malus Sieboldii, Bonsai Gallery, Seven Part Special Transplanting Section, Evolution of a California Juniper,
Frank Goya. 2003

#89 - Juniperus rigida, Bonsai gallery, Repotting White Panther, Sentinels of the Sierras, How and why, Species
guide, Joy of propagation. 2004

#90 - Korean hornbeam, Bonsai gallery, Creeping juniper, Life of a bonsai apprentice, Companion plants, Rebirth
of a black pine, Book review, Beginner’s watering. 2004

#91 - Shimpaku, Bonsai gallery, Sabina juniper, Azalea, Starting a black pine, Beginner’s book review, Pinyon
pine, Post-flowering pruning. 2004

#92 - Branch styling, Kusamono gallery, Ilex vomitoria, Transplanting for beginners, Crabapple care, Shuihan
penjing, Amateur vs professional. 2004

#93 - John Naka 1914-2004, Transplanting for beginners, Book review, Kusamono gallery, Bonsai gallery,
Branches part 2, Needle juniper. 2004

#94 - Bonsai gallery, The art of watering, Review of John Naka’s Bonsai Techniques I, Transplanting for
beginners, Japanese holly, Suiseki, Branches part 3, Using display stands, Restoring a Shimpaku juniper,
Gardenia, Japanese white pine. 2004

#95 - Flowering Apricot, Bonsai Gallery, Shimpaku Juniper, American Bonsai, Book Reviews, Bonsai & Figurines,
Companion Plants, wiring 101. 2005

#96 - Transplanting Special, Bonsai Gallery, Pyracantha, Trident maple, Wiring 101, American Bonsai - The
National Bonsai Museum. 2005

#97 - Kimura, White Pine & Yew, Bonsai Gallery, Windswept Bonsai, Black Pine, Red Pine, Kingsville box, Styling
for Beginners. 2005

#98 - Satsuki Azalea, Bonsai Gallery, Trees in Nature, Review: Bonsai DVDs, The Pottery of Max Braverman,
Styling a California Live Oak, Needle Juniper, Penjing: a Chinese Renaissance. 2005

#99 - Tropical Bonsai Gallery, The Challenge of Itoygawa Shimpaku, Book Reviews, Field-grown Zelkova, Mark
Invernizzi Transforms an Old Spruce. 2005

#100 - One Hundredth Issue Special - The Best of Bonsai Today. 2005
#101 - The Bonsai of Walter Pall, China's Literati by Karin Albert, Styling an old Shimpaku, The Future of Bonsai,
Book Reviews, Matt Castle's Pottery, Invernizzi Transforms a Scots Pine. 2006

#102 - Styling a Collected Lodgepole Pine, Best of Bonsai in Europe, Nebari, Book Reviews, The Dao of Penjing,
Kusamono, Tool Care, Pinching Tender Shoots, Restyling an old Shimpaku. 2006

#103 – Creating Deadwood 1, Book review, Instant Bonsai, Tropical Cascade, Shohin Bonsai, Pot Gallery, Air
Layering. 2006

#104 - Creating deadwood 2, Saikei & Art review, Cutting class, Styling Satsuki Azaleas, A naturalistic Scot's
pine. 2006

#105 - Creating deadwood 3, Satsuki Azalea Book review, Mario Komsta shows at Kokufu-Ten, Growing Shohin
from seed, The Shohin Bonsai of Morten Albek. 2006

#106 - The first ever Bonsai Today awards, Two English Yew restylings: Marco Invernizzi & Kevin Wilson, The life
of a Shimpaku juniper, Growing pine from seed. 2006

#107 - Pomegranate care & styling, The bonsai of Wolfgang Putz, Cultivating Banyan ficus, Revisiting a
Kingsville, Beginner wiring, The Bonsai of William Valavanis, The amazing shrinking tree, Feed your trees,
Kimura flips. 2007

#108 - The bonsai of Boon Manakitivipart, Chinese Pistachio, Driftwood planting, Nearly two decades in the life
of a Pomegranate, Roy Nagatoshi; Master of the approach graft, San Jose juniper, Yamadori in the Austrian Alps,
Morten Albek interviews Kimura. 2007

#109 – Last issue of “Bonsai Today” and “bonsai Europe” – first issue of “bonsai Focus”! The
Kokufu-Ten show in Japan, Gallery, Spring is coming, Garden visit, Noelanders Trophy, Travel: The Yellow
Mountains of China, Pinus Mugo Shohin, Mountain in a grain of Sand, Japanese White Pine, practical things to do,
Hotsumi Terakawa a lesson in refinement, Picea abies, Juergen Zaar styles Mountain Pine. 2007

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