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This is part 5 of 5 of the rec.arts.bonsai/alt.bonsai FAQ. 
This posting contains:
           Section 9  --  Suppliers and Nurseries
           Section 10 --  Junipers (Their own section!)
           Section 11 --  Indoor Bonsai
           Section C  --  Contributors...


Section 9 -- Suppliers and Nurseries
====================================

+++++++++++++++++++++
The Bonsai Farm
13827 Hwy. 87 So.
Adkins, Texas  78101 USA
Tel:  (512) 649-2109
Owners: Edith & Leonard Sorge
(Note: Good variety plants for indoor and outdoor bonsai
  tools, and pots)

+++++++++++++++++++++
Greenwood Gardens
Ollerton Road
Arnold
Nottingham
ENGLAND.
NG5 8PR                 Tel: 0602 205757

+++++++++++++++++++++
Bonsai Nursery
966 S. Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road
San Jose, CA.
408-252-1458

    Very nice selection of finished bonsai ranging from $40.00 
    on up, clay pots, tools, and starter plants.  The starter 
    plants are in 3" and 4" containers and priced between 
    $3.00-$5.00.  This is a very good way to begin a new 
    bonsai.  They also carry a good selection of plants in 1 
    gallon containers that can be "bonsai-ed".  
    Friendly and knowledgeable service.

+++++++++++++++++++++
Ken's Bonsai Gardens
471 Page Mill Rd.
Palo Alto, Ca
415-325-4840

    "Ken" is a master.  I was very humbled by visiting his 
    gardens which are located in his small front yard.  Very 
    high-quality "finished" bonsai.  Prices ranged from $20.00 
    up into the thousands. No supplies to speak of...just a 
    few pots sitting on the front porch.  



+++++++++++++++++++++
Ruukkupuu
PL 32
36601  PALKANE
FINLAND
tel. (936) 2842
 
    Finnish bonsai-equipment supplier (has been for about 20 
    years now). It has quite large selection of pots and other 
    equipment, may have indoor bonsai's soon...

+++++++++++++++++++++
Carter Seeds
475 Mar Vista Drive
Vista, CA  92083
        Predominantly a wholesaler, but they do carry 1 oz packets
        of Pinus thubergii (Black Pine) seeds. Write for a catalog.

+++++++++++++++++++++
Yonemoto's Nursery and Landscaping
208 El Pueblo Rd. NW
(on 2nd just South of Paseo del Norte)
Albuquerque, NM
(505) 898-0120

+++++++++++++++++++++
Midwest Bonsai Pottery
8311 Racine Trail
Austin, TX 78717
        Mike and Candy Hansen, the proprietors, have a stoneware pottery and
        bonsai-ery.  They sell trees, pots, tools, soil mixes, and other 
        equipment.

+++++++++++++++++++++
Shibui Bonsai
??? Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road
Cupertino, CA 95014

(408) 736-8256
(408) 248-5743

Hours:  1st Saturday of the month, 9-12am,
        2nd Wednesday, 6-8pm
        and by appointment

Shibui carries a large assortment of bonsai supplies, and specializes in
Tokaname pots.  If you're looking for a special pot, this is a good place to
check.  They also carry wire, fertilizers, pruning hardware, etc.
In addition, they have a color catalog from which they can order pots from
Japan if you don't find what you're looking for in stock.



+++++++++++++++++++++
Bonsai Nursery
3750 S. Federal Blvd.
Denver, CO 80110
303/761-3066

2-3 acres of plants. One 20x75 foot roundtop full 
of bonsai. Also nice outdoor display.  
$3.99 juniper starters. Assortment of other bonsai 
(maple, etc.). 
Cons: no moss or nifty ground cover for sale.

The people are friendly enough, and they won't try 
to pull a fast one on a first-timer (the lady said I 
didn't need to spend $25 on a new set of shears--use 
a pair of cuticle scissors to see if I like bonsai, 
then come back and buy the shears). The clerks didn't 
know the answers to some of my questions, saying I 
should speak to "Mr. Ron" the bonsai guy.

++++++++++++++++++++
Little Trees
Supplies for Bonsai & Penjing
Herb Frey 708/323-0257 or 708/598-4852 (Chicago, IL suburban area)
Has tools, pots, wire, soil, etc.

++++++++++++++++++++
Sid's Greenhouses, Garden Center
Florists, landscaping
10926 Southwest Highway
Palos Hills, IL 60465
708/974-4500
Ask for Dan Kosta, Asst. Greenhouse Mgr., Bonsai Specialist
They have a very good department with Bonsai supplies and trees,
both outdoor and tropical.

++++++++++++++++++++
Flora and Fauna
Horticultural & Biological Consultants
324 Silver Street
Elgin, IL 60123
Michael J. Kolaczewski 708/931-5285
Plant materials

++++++++++++++++++++
DALLAS BONSAI GARDEN
Post Box 801565
Dallas, TX 75380-1565
(214) 661-3421

Owners Fred & Elizabeth Meyer
Quotes:  "Specialist in the Rare & Unusual since 1965"
         "The Most complete Bonsai Store in the Americas!!"
         "America's largest Bonsai importer"
They offer a complete line of Bonsai accessories, fertilizers, vitamins,
pots-ceramic & plastic, bonsai tools, bonsai seeds, vacationers,
Tillandsia air plants, butterflies & rare plants.



Shoki Bonsai
3373 San Saba Dr.
San Jose, CA 95148
408-238-5229

Too Supplier, carries Masakuni, Kiku, Joshua Rothe and others
Prices are reasonable.

++++++++++++++++

Gardens Alive
5100 Schenley Place
Lawrenceburg, IN 47025
812-537-8650

Offers nationwide mail-order sources for organic and environmentally
responsible gardening products.


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Note: The following may or may not still exist. I have not
contacted them, and the listing I got them from is at least 
8 years old! If you live close enough to verify any of these 
sources, or find any of them to have moved or gone out of 
business, please let me know so we can update the FAQ!

Hillier Nurseries (Winchester) LTD,*
20/26 Lamb's Conduit Street
London England
WCIN 3LE
(Note: Very complete and worthwhile catalogue)

Armstrong Nurseries
Box 473
Ontario CA  91764 USA
(Note: Young starter plants, dwarf citrus)

Crane Products
8432 Birch Bark Dr.
Pico Rovera CA 94111  USA
(Note: Handcrafted bonsai tools, starter plants)

Hortica Gardens
Don and Pauline Croxton
Box 308
Placerville CA 95667  USA
(Note: Bonsai stock..extensive selection)
Phone (916) 622-7089

Plant City's Bonsai Tree
609 Shallowford Road
Gainesville, GA  30504
Phone: 404-535-2991
Raw material, and trained specimens, pots, soil, tools,
fertilizers and many other items. Classes available.

============================================================



Section 10 --   JUNIPERS

The Juniper is one of the most recognised bonsai specimens and 
is frequently the first bonsai purchase many newcomers make. 
Junipers do make very fine bonsai, and although they are not 
'difficult' bonsai to manage, they are frequently 'mistreated' 
and therefore do not last long. We have gotten LOTS of 
questions about brown junipers', and what 'first aid' you might 
give them. Well, we hate to break the news to you, but, if you 
have a brown juniper, it is probably dead. Don't get too
depressed, even the best have lost a tree..or 5..or 10. The 
most common mistakes made with junipers are over watering, AND 
lack of sufficient sunlight. Junipers are outdoor trees, so 
if you have no way to grow them outside, find some nice person 
that knows about bonsai, and can give it a good home. If you 
want to try a juniper anyway, make sure it gets plenty of sun, 
don't over water it, and make sure it gets plenty of air.

Section 11 -- Indoor bonsai

A special thank you to Hud Norden for the following list of indoor
bonsai.

In Dorothy Young's "Bonsai the Art and Technique", for warm indoor 
temperatures (65-75 daytime), she suggests:

Auraucaria heterophylla (Norfolk Island pine)
Bougainvillea glabra
Brassaia actinophylla (Schefflera)
Calliandra emaginate (powder-puff)
Carissa grandiflora (Natal plum)
Ceratonia Siliqua (Carob)
Citrus Limon (lemon)
Crassula argenta (jade tree)
Cuphea hyssopifolia (elfin herb)
Cycas revoluta (cycad)
Ehretia microphylla (fukien tea)
Ficus Aurea (strangler fig), F. benjamina, deltoidea, microcarpa, 
 neriifolia, pumila, runignosa [big win in the fig family!]
Grevillea robusta (silk oak)
Hedera helix (ivy)
Lagerstroemia indica (crape myrtle)
Malpighia coccigera & glabra (miniature holly & Barbados cherry)
Myrtus communis (Greek myrtle)
Olea europaea (olive)
Pithecellobeum flexicaule (Texas ebony)
Punica granatum (pomegranate)
Pyracantha coccinea, fortunaea, koidzumii (everlasting thorn,
 Chinese fire thorn, Formosa fire thorn)
Sageretia thea (sageretia)
Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian pepper)
Serissa foetida (serissa)
Severinia buxifolia (Chinese box orange)
Syzygium paniculatum (brush cherry)



60 F - 65 F Daytime Temperatures 

Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk Island pine)
Brassaia actinophylla (Schefflera)
Calliandra emarginata (dwarf powder puff)
Ceratonia siliqua (carob tree)
Chamaecyparis pisifera, thyoides (Sawara cypress, dwarf white cedar)
Cotoneaster microphyllus (Chinese cotoneaster)
Cryptomeria japonica (Japanese cedar)
Cupressus arizonica, macrocarpa, sempervirens (Arizona, Monterey,
 Italian cypress)
Cycas revoluta (cycad)
Ficus benjamina, carica, deltoidea, microcarpa, nerrifolia, pumila,
 rubignosa (figs)
Gardenia jasminoides (common gardenia)
Hedera helix (English ivy)
Ilex crenata, vomitoria (Japanese, Yaupon holly)
Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens, squamata (procumbent, prostrate
 juniper)
Ligustrum japonica (Japanese privet)
Murraya paniculata (Orange jasmine)
Myrtus communis (Greek myrtle)
Nandina domestica (heavenly bamboo)
Olea europea (European olive)
Pithecellobium flexicaule (Texas ebony)
Pittosporum tobira (Mock orange)
Podocarpus macrophyllus (Buddhist pine)
Polyscias balfouriana, fruticosa (Balfour, ming aralia)
Punica granatum (pomegranate)
Pyracantha coccinea, fortuneana, koidzumii (everlasting thorn, Chinese
 fire thorn, Formosa fire thorn)
Rhododendron indicum, kiusianum (satsuki, kyushu azalea)
Sageretia thea (sageretia)
Serissa foetida (serissa)
Severinia buxifolia (Chinese box orange)
Ulmus parvifolia (Chinese elm, especially the Catlin)

Cool (40 F - 60 F) Daytime Temperatures

(Bring indoors in winter, and take them outdoors in the spring.)

Buxus microphylla and sempervirens (boxwood)
Chaenomeles japonica (Japanese flowering quince)
Chamaecyparis obtusa, pisifera, thyoides (Hinoki, Sawara cypress,
 dwarf white cedar)
Cryptomeria japonica (Japanese cedar)
Ilex crenata (Japanese holly)
Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens, squamata (procumbent, prostrate
 juniper)
Nandina domestica (heavenly bamboo)
Pyracantha angustifolia, coccinea (fire thorn, everlasting thorn)
Rhododendron indicum, kiusianum (satsuki, Kyushu azalea)
Thuja occidentalis (American arborvitae)
Ulmus parvifola (Chinese elm)



Section C -- Contributors

This section is a listing of the contributirs to this list. I 
want to include this info so we all know who to thank..and who 
we can talk to.
Here goes...

Name            netmail, Snail Mail etc          Contribution
----            -----------------------          -------------
Andy Hart       andy@cmptrc.lonestar.org         creator of 
                CompuTrac, Inc.                  alt.bonsai
                222 Municipal Drive              dictionary 
                Richardson, TX  75080  USA       contributions
 
Mike Bartolone  bartlone@med.ge.com           1st FAQ compiler
                cs688@cleveland.freenet.edu
                3459 S. 110th St #217
                West Allis WI 53227  USA

Hud Nordin          hud@netcom.com		 ABS-BCI Book 
                                                 service list
                                                 (and MUCH more!)
                                                    
Bruce Barnett       barnett@crd.ge.com           Bonsai Today 
                                                 address..
 
Reji Martin         varmart@atlas.cs.upei.ca     More books, 
                    Prince Edward Island,        and suppliers
                    Canada   
 
Linda Brigman       Linda.Brigman@bbs.oit.unc.edu  More books
                     lgb@rcc.rti.org (internet)
                     lgb@rti         (bitnet)

Kreg Webb           kwebb@sedona.intel.com         Book and Mag                                      Intel, Corp. C3-36              addresses
                     5000 W. Chandler Blvd
                     Chandler, AZ  85226
                     
Klaus Zeppenfeld klaus@informatik.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE  Club listing
                     Breslauerstr. 23
                     D-4760 Werl
                     Germany

Jonas Flygare       flax@mizar.docs.uu.se         FAQ Questions
                     Va\"ktargatan 32 F:621
                     S-754 22 Uppsala
                     Sweden

Marlon Cole        cczcole@unicorn.nott.ac.uk or    Supplier 
                   cczcole@uk.ac.nott.unicorn       address
                   Cripps Computing Centre        
                   University of Nottingham
                   Nottingham
                   ENGLAND
                   NG7 2RD



Urban Fredriksson urf@icl.se                     FAQ opinions
    (n.g.u.fredriksson.swe2001@oasis.icl.co.uk)  club listing
         
Janet Jakstys UUCP:{ames,pyramid!amdahl,hplabs}!ntmtv!janet
Northern Telecom     INTERNET:ntmtv!janet@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Mtn. View, CA.                             supplier listing

John & Jame Amoroso ja@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu      additional history
Gainesville, FL     ja@ifasgnv

Joel W. Collins, III jwcoll01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu  FAQ 
(University of Louisville)                           question
1443 S. 2nd St., Apt. 2
Louisville,  KY  40208  USA

Bill Lindsay   BILLL@HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU        Brooklyn Bot. 
                                                Garden address

Diane Jean Nakashian   dianen@world.std.com    More addresses
Acton, MA, USA

William A. Young (Butch) wayoung@n4wmt.b24c.ingr.com
Huntsville, AL                                 Suppliers addresses

Ron 'Coyote' Lussier     coyote@sti.com        Supplier Address
Software Transformation
1601 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Rd, #100
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 973-8081 x315

Greg Bishop     (bishop@baeyer.chem.fsu.edu)  More book information
Tallahassee, FL

Gail Valentine      gailj@ihlpl.att.comm  Club and supplier listing
AT&T, Naperville, IL

End of Section C -- Contributors 
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