Satsuki Azaleas for bonsai and Azalea Enthusiasts By Robert Z. Callanham

I was thinking of buying this one. Can anyone recommend it please? I lent my comprehensive azalea book out (Alexander Kennedy) and never got it back. Was therefore thinking of the one above in the subject line.

Any thoughts?

Mike

Haven't got this one, but it appears to be quite hard to get hold of. Greenwood are out of stock, Amazon USA have a couple of sellers but Amazon UK shows none.

I have it and its a very good technical book , itis quite expensive but worth it , try Kaizen if you want one

Howzit Mike

Try this link;

http://www.absbonsai.org/books/booklist.html

A Hui Hou,
-Tim

Best price for that that I know of is at www.stonelantern.com.

It is a very nice book.

Unfortunately it comes to $50 with postage which is a bit humpy. If anyone has the Alexander Kennedy book and does not need it anymore I would be very grateful for first dibs on it.

Mike

Are Kennedy's two books on Satsuki out of print? I have them both, though I think Callahan's book is more useful.

JimLewis wrote:Are Kennedy's two books on Satsuki out of print? I have them both, though I think Callahan's book is more useful.

Yes both out of print and not known when they they will ever be produced again....which is a shame.

Mike

That is a nice book. My only complaint is that half of it is a listing of azalea cultivars. Nice info to have but VERY dull reading.

Frank

FrankP999 wrote:That is a nice book. My only complaint is that half of it is a listing of azalea cultivars. Nice info to have but VERY dull reading.

Frank

Oh bum and I have just ordered it. I had a feeling a lot would have been wasted on different cultivars. Oh well, there is always ebay to sell it on again.

Mike

Mike, I paid over £30 for the Japanese monograph listing, I think over 1200 varieties. Yours will have more and is in english plus all the other information. Wish I'd waited a few years, but I didn't know anyone was going to do an english version. So I'm in even more of a quandary. I suppose I could follow your lead and try to sell the Japanese one on Ebay/Amazon.

Oh bum and I have just ordered it. I had a feeling a lot would have
been wasted on different cultivars. Oh well, there is always ebay to
sell it on again.

Why "Oh bum?" That info is really hard to find. It may be dull reading, but it is very, very handy reading if you like Satsuki.

Just disappointed Jim that half of the book is about the cultivars. Information that is likely to not be beneficial to me. The variety of Satsuki in my area is just not available.

Mike

have you seen japanese satsuki bonsai.how to grow satsuki bonsai and an introduction
to their varieties its a good book and all in english.i got mine at the green club this year
off peter warren (saruyama bonsai).he had lots with him.

dave p wrote:have you seen japanese satsuki bonsai.how to grow satsuki bonsai and an introduction
to their varieties its a good book and all in english.i got mine at the green club this year
off peter warren (saruyama bonsai).he had lots with him.

Thank you Dave, I may try that one.

Mike

Well it has arrived and I must say it seems excellent. raining here so reading in a moment or two.

Mike