Bonsai tree: Fifty Years of Bonsai By the Bay

A note from Lawrence LeClaire (BSSF President)

May 22 & 23, 2010 – Bonsai Society of San Francisco 50th Anniversary Celebration and Show at the County Fair Building.
The Bonsai Society of San Francisco will be holding their 50th anniversary celebration at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park on Saturday, May 22 from 5PM-10PM. The night’s events will feature cocktails from 5-6PM, a catered buffet dinner from 6PM-7PM, and a bonsai demonstration by Kathey Shaner, curator of the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt from 7:30PM-10PM. The demonstration material is an old Japanese white pine and will be raffled at the end of the demonstration. We will have an additional special raffle of quality bonsai trees and related material at the celebration as well. A BSSF member bonsai sales area will be open to our guests for the entire evening. We invite members of the bonsai community to attend. Please RSVP at (415)621-0935 or email at RSVP(at) bssf.org by May 15, 2010. Please include your name and number of guests that will attend.
On Sunday, May 23 our bonsai display will be free and open to the public. The show will feature 20 Tokonoma displays, bonsai displays, bonsai demonstrations, hourly bonsai raffles, a bonsai clinic, and a giant club sales area. Visit the BSSF website for information and updates.


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A Holiday Greeting from Min Hsuan Lo

This perfectly ramified, wonderfuly balanced, natural beauty belongs to Min Hsuan Lo (Min is his family name) of Taiwan. I received it as an email greeting this morning.

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can a bonsai tree be started with just a branch?

I hope that someone can help me. i want to start a bonsai tree and i’ve been told that i can do this by cutting off a small branch from a bush or a very young tree. is this true? please respond. thanks.

i understand that you can use rooting powder to encourage the growth of roots on cuttings. the important thing though is that you have to have a smooth cut to work with. a jagged cut will just rot in water and also harms the tree you take it from.

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Bonsai Tree, Any one here loves to grow one in the house?

I’m thinking of getting a bonsai tree…

Any tip? Best price? Advice?

The hardest part to give advice on is choosing a Bonsai. This is because I guess it is a very personal thing. The best advice I can give is get a bonsai that somehow "moves you" – one that shouts out at you "Take me home with you"

On the Practical Side of things:

a) Get a Bonsai that will grow in your environment, i.e., do you live in a flat, do you have a garden, do you live in a COLD or Warm part of the world.

b) If you keep house plants, get a Bonsai that similar to a house plants, Ficus, Chinese Elm, Jade Trees and the like..

c) Do a little bit of research – find out about trees in your garden or neighborhood – these are more likely to survive with you…

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