Creating your own bonsai is simple, calming, and serene, and best of all, it lets you bring the outdoors inside, even if you don't have a lot of space. Learn everything you need to know to become accompished at the art of bonsai growing-how to pick a plant, what tools you'll need, and how to trim and style your plant. At the heart of the book is a species directory with 10 easy-to-grow plants that are great for getting started, as well as another 40 species that need a little more care.

Totally Bonsai: A Guide to Growing, Shaping, and Caring for Miniature Trees and Shrubs

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Coussins, Craig

Gardening & Landscape Design

Tuttle+publishing

Learn the ins and outs of proper bonsai design and care with this beautifully illustrated Japanese gardening book. Creating your own bonsai tree is simple, calming and serene, and best of all, it lets you bring the outdoors inside, even if you don't have a lot of space. Imagine an enormous redwood shrunk to a size you can carry in one hand, but perfect in every detail. That is the joy of bonsai—the re-creation of nature in miniature. With Totally Bonsai you can learn everything you need to know to become accomplished at the art of bonsai tree care and cultivation—how to pick a plant, what tools you'll need, and how to trim and style your plant. At the heart of the book is a species directory detailing both outdoor and indoor bonsai. It includes 10 easy-to-grow types of bonsai plants that are great for the beginning bonsai enthusiast, as well as another 40 species that need a little more care With Totally Bonsai you will:<ul>
<li> Discover the small but perfectly formed world of the bonsai</li>
<li> Learn the secrets to growing a healthy tree</li>
<li> Properly pot or repot your bonsai</li>
<li> Recognize pests and diseases and how to treat them</li>
<li> Discover the techniques for shaping, bending, and transforming your bonsai</li> </ul>
Totally Bonsai is a wonderful introduction to bonsai tradition and practice, including a historical overview of many styles of Japanese, Korean, Singaporean and Chinese bonsai, or penjing. Whether you want to grow a bonsai with dramatically exposed roots, create a spectacular twin-trunked landscape or cultivate a romantic sweeping cascade, Totally Bonsai will show you how.

Make this the very first book you read on bonsai! Illustrated with the author's own photographs of internationally popular varieties, there are also case studies that take you through important techniques one by one. "...a thoroughly illustrated reference that will captivate and educate newcomers to the art...a wealth of personal insights accompanied by illustrations that are refreshing in their clarity and in the depth of the accompanying explanations."--Bonsai Online.

Bonsai for Beginners

Sterling

"A thoroughly illustrated reference that will captivate and educate newcomers to the art...a wealth of personal insights accompanied by illustrations that are refreshing in their clarity and in the depth of the accompanying explanations."--Bonsai Online. If beautiful bonsai have caught your eye, but you've felt too intimidated to start cultivating your own, then welcome to this wonderful pastime. Start enjoying this fascinating hobby with a complete guide to every aspect of the art, from selecting suitable plants for your climate, through healthcare, styling, potting, and troubleshooting, to long-term development. Illustrated with the author's own photographs of varieties popular throughout the world, and accompanied by charts and drawings, it includes case studies that take you through important techniques, one by one. A special chapter, "The Bonsai School," examines pruning and development methods in detail, and provides species information on the major bonsai types. You'll uncover basic information on rock planting, elms, white pines, maples, informal and informal uprights, using nursery trees for bonsai, correcting design and growth, styling with a mature tree, and so much more.

Beginners, this comprehensive, easy to follow instructional guide covers the basics and way beyond. Every imaginable technique is here, in an impressively large format. Pages brim with photos of specimens at different stages of growth. “Will captivate and educate newcomers to the art...a wealth of personal insights accompanied by illustrations that are refreshing in their clarity and in the depth of the accompanying explanations.”—Bonsai Online.

Bonsai School

Join the contemporary artists around the world who are refining and developing the ancient art of bonsai. Find out about state-of-the-art tools invented by Ken Moore. See how Rob Clausen uses latex and fiberglass to create dramatic groupings of trees on a rock base. Explore the breakthrough methods of Singapore’s bonsai masters, with inspiring examples of the results. Covering both basic and advanced techniques and illustrated with step-by-step photographs taken over months, Bonsai Master Class is designed to guide the reader on an artistic journey. It provides expert tips throughout on buying bonsai, seasonal care, horticultural requirements for different climates, and distinctive ways to display the results.

Bonsai Master Class

It’s big and beautiful, and the only course you need to cultivate bonsais successfully. From the author of the acclaimed Bonsai for Beginners, this comprehensive, easy-to-follow instructional guide covers the basics and way beyond. One step at a time, he helps gardeners develop the necessary skills to create and maintain a beautifully shaped miniature potted tree. Everything imaginable is here, from choosing a suitable plant to wiring, pruning, and aging techniques, and finally expert tips on care. With its impressively large format, pages brimming with photos of dozens of specimens at different stages of growth, and preferred design techniques from world-famous bonsai artists, this is without a doubt the definitive reference on the subject.
PRAISE FOR BONSAI FOR BEGINNERS: "A thoroughly illustrated reference that will captivate and educate newcomers to the art...a wealth of personal insights accompanied by illustrations that are refreshing in their clarity and in the depth of the accompanying explanations."Bonsai Online.

Bonsai School: The Complete Course in Care, Training & Maintenance

Union Square & Co.

This volume offers advice and instruction on this ancient art to inspire the newcomer to become accomplished in the art of growing bonsai of their own. An introduction to the history and origins of bonsai is followed by chapters on getting started, styling and maintenance and a species directory showing ten easy-to-grow plants followed by a further 40 species including Black Pine, Chinese Juniper and Cedar. The information on each species is categorized for easy reference: description, styles and presentation, species, varieties and care.

Practical Guide to Growing Bonsai: A Guide to the Art of Shaping, Growing and Caring for Minature Trees and Shrubs

Apple Press

The Bonsai School

D&S Books

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Totally Bonsai: A Guide to Growing, Shaping, and Caring for Miniature Trees and Shrubs

Totally Bonsai: A Guide to Growing, Shaping, and Caring for Miniature Trees and Shrubs

Bonsai for Beginners

Bonsai for Beginners

Bonsai School

Bonsai Master Class

Bonsai School: The Complete Course in Care, Training & Maintenance

Practical Guide to Growing Bonsai: A Guide to the Art of Shaping, Growing and Caring for Minature Trees and Shrubs

The Bonsai School