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Bonsai Collections
The miniature masterpieces that we call bonsai and penjing are the pinnacle of gardening skill, and the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum has one of the largest collections of these timeless trees in North America.

Bonsai Questions and Answers
I bought a small bonsai and have had it in my living room for several months. Many bonsai, such as those crafted from junipers and maples, cannot live very long in the low light and high temperatures found indoors.

U.S. National Arboretum: Gardens: Bonsai Lime Sulphur
The dead branches of a bonsai, called jin, and exposed wood, called shari, are characteristics associated with the driftwood style of bonsai. As a tree's bark is slowly worn away by the elements, its wood is bleached by the sun over hundreds of years.

U.S. National Arboretum: Gardens and Collections: National Bonsai & Penjing Museum: A Celebration of Ikebana
In conjunction with the exhibition, demonstrations of ikebana were given by the chapter’s highest ranking teachers. In addition, ikebana practitioners rely on quality cut flowers and branches, and the arboretum’s research includes work on enhancing the types and production of both.

U.S. National Arboretum: Gardens and Collections: National Bonsai & Penjing Museum: Ikebana FAQs
By the 15th century, the Japanese had begun displaying flower arrangements in their homes, and the practice of flowering arranging became associated with specific rules and styles, which were further formalized as schools, each one associated with specific compositional and iconographic objectives: In “classical” schools, lines and nature are paramount; in some modern schools, individual creativity is more important.


Bonsai
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Capital Nursery
Elk Grove,  California  (CA)  95758
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Capital Nursery
Citrus Heights,  California  (CA)  95610-7805
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Orchard Nursery & Florist
Lafayette,  California  (CA)  94549
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Redwood City Nursery, Inc.
Redwood City,  California  (CA)  94061-3911
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Regan Nursery
Fremont,  California  (CA)  94555
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Roger Reynolds Nursery & Carriage Stop
Menlo Park,  California  (CA)  94025-3102
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San Gabriel Nursery & Florist
San Gabriel,  California  (CA)  91776
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Wegman's Nursery, Inc.
Redwood City,  California  (CA)  94061-3859
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Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery
Los Angeles,  California  (CA)  90025-5555
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Blue Hills Nursery, Inc.
Whittier,  California  (CA)  90603-3094

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Bongard's Treescape Nursery
Half Moon Bay,  California  (CA)  94019-7114

Capital Nursery
Sacramento,  California  (CA)  95822

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Corey Nursery Company
Claremont,  California  (CA)  91711-0609

Greenshower Nursery Inc.
Rowland Heights,  California  (CA)  91748

Ken's Bonsai Gardens
Palo Alto,  California  (CA)  94306

Lone Pine Gardens
Sebastopol,  California  (CA)  95472

Matsuda's Nursery
Sacramento,  California  (CA)  95826

Mendocino Coast Bonsai
Pt. Arena,  California  (CA)  95468

Miniature Plant Kingdom
Sebastopol,  California  (CA)  95472

Mission Hills Nursery
San Diego,  California  (CA)  92103-1295

Mountain Maples
Laytonville,  California  (CA)  95454-1329

Mt. Fuji Garden Center, Inc.
Upland,  California  (CA)  91786

Napa Valley Ornamental Nursery
St. Helena ,  California  (CA)  94574

Plantphax & Plantasies
Los Angeles,  California  (CA)  90064

Redwood Barn Nursery Inc
Davis,  California  (CA)  95616