Description
Go beneath the soil with this hand-drawn guide!This book is sure to become your go-to reference for all things bonsai. Beautifully illustrated with details and views a camera simply can't show,
Introduction to Bonsai offers a unique and insightful look at these mini ecosystems.
This complete guide contains all the information you need to create and maintain your own bonsai:
- Handy monthly bonsai maintenance schedules detail proper watering, pruning, wiring, transplanting and other upkeep activities throughout the year
- Leaves, fruits, flowers, and processes are presented up-close to help make growing and upkeep as successful and simple as possible
- Diagrams show where, how much, and in what direction pruning, wiring, watering and other maintenance should be performed
- Clear, detailed illustrations of every part of the bonsai ensure that you'll see everything you need to see, exactly as you need to see it—making this a great resource for collectors and enthusiasts at all levels
Learn the specific ways to care for more than 40 types of popular bonsai trees, including:
- Flowering Bonsai—cherry blossom, dogwood, azalea and lilac
- Fruiting Bonsai—crab apple, persimmon, Chinese quince and burning bush
- Coniferous and Deciduous Bonsai—maple, Japanese beech, black pine and salt cedar
Prepared by the editors of Japan's popular
Bonsai Sekai (
Bonsai World) magazine,this handbook is designed to make care and maintenance easy for bonsai beginners—from seeds to root systems and from basic watering to your first transplant.
