See Site Map for when assorted other pages have been updated on an ongoing basis.

Last major update of this page: January 1, 2009, Version 11.1.

Since the Version 10.1 dated January 1, 2008 we've added, among other things, :

* a major review and recategorization of Plants for Bonsai in Phoenix ;
* more info to and a split into 2 parts for the Bonsai Timeline ;
* more questions about Some of What We Don't Know ;
* the earliest-known reference in English to dwarf potted trees in China ;
* the earliest-known photograph with a dwarf potted tree ;
* an 1855 letter to Charles Darwin which mentioned Chinese "dwarfs of trees" ;
* a 1907 article about "The Dwarf-Tree Culture of Japan" -- and England ;
* citations to the now almost 1,100 known books about bonsai and related arts ;
* the first draft of "When Did Bonsai Come to the Various Countries and Territories?" ; and
* many more pictures to the Bonsai Book of Days project .

What Was New?  Previous Version Additions

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