Bonsai Northwest

Bonsai Northwest Bonsai Northwest is Seattle’s premier bonsai nursery and community hub for over 40 years. Bonsai Northwest was founded by the incredibly talented Sharon Muth.

Discover trees, tools, pottery, wire, rare bonsai material, expert advice, classes, demos, workshops, and a welcoming place for bonsai lovers. Bonsai Northwest has been supporting the art and hobby of bonsai in the Pacific Northwest since 1985. She founded the business to sell her handcrafted bonsai pots to local club members. As the business expanded, it incorporated finished bonsai trees, beginn

er bonsai lessons, and fine Japanese pottery. When Sharon’s son, John Muth, took the reins of the family business, he pioneered importing bonsai trees and expanded the availability of bonsai pottery throughout the U.S. Bonsai Northwest is still dedicated to serving the bonsai community.

June has arrived and we are excited to host a Local Potter Marketplace over the weekend of the 20th & 21st! We would li...
06/05/2026

June has arrived and we are excited to host a Local Potter Marketplace over the weekend of the 20th & 21st! We would like to extend an invitation to local bonsai ceramic artists to join us for this event. Our space is limited so it will be first come, first served for table set ups. Feel free to contact us!

Please enjoy the pictured offerings of Oregon bonsai ceramicist, Mr. Sol Zimmerdahl of Zimmerdahl Productions. We are now carrying some of his containers and will be carrying works by other artists soon. Stay tuned as we celebrate the vessel that frames our trees.

We would like to thank everyone that attended the very educational Satsuki Azalea bonsai class taught by Mr. John Schmie...
05/31/2026

We would like to thank everyone that attended the very educational Satsuki Azalea bonsai class taught by Mr. John Schmied yesterday! He covered an incredible amount of information in a very well planned and structured format from proper horticulture, growing, propagation through design/styling and more. He and his wife, Marie, also brought many examples for us to see with varying degrees of maturity.

John and Marie, thank you so much for generously sharing your time and expertise with us! We look forward to hosting you again next year.

Today is the last day of our Satsuki Azalea Festival and Sale. Buy 4 or more Satsuki and receive 20% off. We’re open from 9:30 AM - 5 PM.

It’s looking like the beginning of a beautiful weekend in the Puget Sound!Join us today from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM and lea...
05/30/2026

It’s looking like the beginning of a beautiful weekend in the Puget Sound!

Join us today from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM and learn about Satsuki Azalea bonsai from Mr. John Schmied as our Satsuki Azalea Festival and sale continues through tomorrow.

Buy 4 or more Satsuki and receive 20% off.

If you have never had the pleasure of smelling a Gardenia flower, you are definitely missing out! You can swing by the...
05/28/2026

If you have never had the pleasure of smelling a Gardenia flower, you are definitely missing out! You can swing by the nursery and experience it for yourself, as ours are flowering at this very moment.

Also, if you have been interested in bonsai but don’t necessarily have suitable outdoor space, we are now carrying some Ficus bonsai that do extremely well indoors in a windowsill or close to one.

The Satsuki Azalea Festival and sale continues until Sunday. Buy 4 or more and get 20% off.

It doesn’t take very long for a pre-bonsai start to thicken up and mature, as seen by the difference between these photo...
05/27/2026

It doesn’t take very long for a pre-bonsai start to thicken up and mature, as seen by the difference between these photos. The more mature Satsuki is just 3 years older.

Our Satsuki Azalea Festival continues this week, through Sunday, May 31st. Buy 4 or more and receive 20% off!

Some of the more mature Satsuki, owned by friends and patrons of the nursery, are beginning to arrive for display purposes. Come in and enjoy them!

We hope you had a fantastic Memorial Day weekend! We continue to honor and remember all those that served our country w...
05/26/2026

We hope you had a fantastic Memorial Day weekend! We continue to honor and remember all those that served our country with gratitude.

This is a reminder that our annual Satsuki Azalea Festival and sale continues all this week until Sunday, May 31st. We open again tomorrow.

Buy 4 or more Satsuki and receive 20% off!

Also, we are excited to welcome back Mr. John Schmied on Saturday, May 30th, for a FREE Satsuki azalea workshop from 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM.

John spent the last 7 years focused on learning bonsai, with a strong emphasis on creating azalea bonsai. He has propagated, experimented and developed quite a number of azalea bonsai to strengthen his knowledge, skills and abilities with this colorful plant. John and his wife Marie volunteer at the Pacific Bonsai Museum caring for PBM's magnificent bonsai collection under the tutelage of our incredibly talented Curator, Aarin Packard.

John is a retired Coast Guard Officer, public school science teacher, co-founder of an environmental non-profit, and hazardous chemical and science consultant. John has extensively hiked the forests of North America and has spent over 50 years diving the Pacific Ocean for work and pleasure.

We know we have been sharing the different satsuki azalea blooms lately, in preparation for the upcoming Satsuki Azalea ...
05/22/2026

We know we have been sharing the different satsuki azalea blooms lately, in preparation for the upcoming Satsuki Azalea Festival, but we didn’t forget about the other species we think are looking good!

We hope your day is as bright and colorful as these blooms! Our annual Satsuki Azalea Festival begins this Saturday, Ma...
05/21/2026

We hope your day is as bright and colorful as these blooms! Our annual Satsuki Azalea Festival begins this Saturday, May 23rd, and continues through, Sunday, May 31st.

💥 Buy 4 or more azaleas and receive 20% off
during the festival!

Here’s what’s available (while supplies last), organized by rarity and price:

🌿 $25 – Standard Varieties
Ai-No-Hikari
Beni-Gasa
Chinzan
Dai-Setsuzan
Firmament
Gekko
Gorin-Nishiki
Gumpo Variegated
Gunbi
Gyoduko
Hakata-Jiro
Hi-Gasa
Issho-No-Haru
Kaho-No-Hikari
Kikusui
Kosoji-No-Hikari
Mangetsu
Meicho
Nachi-No-Tsuki
Nuccio’s Lucky Charm
Nuccio’s May Showers
Nuccio’s Polka Var
Nuccio’s Wild Cherry
Nuccio’s Wild Moon
Osakazuki
Pink Gumpo
Shiko
Shugetsu
Shukufuku
Summer Sun
Tama-No-Hada

🌿 $30 – Rare Varieties
Fuji-Zakura
Gunrei
Juko
Kamiyo-Goromo
Kongo-No-Hikari
Mansaku
Mizuho-No-Kagami
Polo
Shinnyo-No-Tsuki

🌿 $35 – Very Rare Varieties
Chitose-Nishiki
Haru-No-Hikari
Kamiyo-Goromo
Matsu-Kagami
Shin-Kotobuki
Shinnyo-No-Hikari
Tama-No-Hada
Yamato-No-Hikari
Yata-No-Kagami

Come early for the best selection—many are blooming now and won’t last long!

📍 Bonsai Northwest | Puyallup, WA
🗓️ Satsuki Azalea Festival: May 23-31

What’s the saying? Variety is the spice of life? If you’re looking for satsuki azalea varieties, we have quite a few t...
05/20/2026

What’s the saying? Variety is the spice of life? If you’re looking for satsuki azalea varieties, we have quite a few to choose from. This next week, leading up to our Satsuki Azalea Festival, we’ll try and picture some of the ones we have in stock. Enjoy!

One of the more classic styles of bonsai is the forest planting. It’s certainly capable of bringing the viewer closer t...
05/17/2026

One of the more classic styles of bonsai is the forest planting. It’s certainly capable of bringing the viewer closer to nature. In these examples, the popular and rare (at least in North America) Ezo spruce was used. With its relatively smaller needle size and greenish-blue, sometimes silvery-blue foliage, it’s been a favorite in bonsai circles around the world.

We have some nice Ezo in gallon containers, if you would like to try your hand at one or even pick up a few to make your own forest.

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10716 State Route 162
Puyallup, WA
98374

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Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm
Saturday 9:30am - 5pm
Sunday 9:30am - 5pm

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