Bonsai Basics A Step-by-Step Guide to

This simple guide for first-time bonsai growers, with easy instructions and more than 200 full-color photos and drawings, covers selecting a hardy specimen; the essentials of pruning, wiring, and aging; and keeping your bonsai healthy. Learn the many styles of bonsai shaping, important tree forms, forest groupings, and more.

HOW TREES GROW

7

(8)

Definition

8

(1)

Anatomy of a tree

9

(4)

Conditions for development

13

(2)

THE ART OF BONSAI

15

(11)

A brief history

16

(2)

A little philosophy

18

(1)

Styles and traditions

19

(7)

OBTAINING YOUR BONSAI

26

(26)

Collecting

27

(2)

Growing from seed

29

(8)

Vegetative propagation

37

(15)

TRAINING BONSAI

52

(17)

Pruning

53

(10)

Wiring

63

(5)

Ageing

68

(1)

CARING FOR YOUR BONSAI

69

(12)

Repotting

70

(7)

Watering

77

(2)

Feeding

79

(2)

CHOOSING A BONSAI

81

(12)

Indoors or outdoors?

82

(11)

HEALTHY BONSAI

93

(8)

Preventive treatment

94

(2)

Pests

96

(2)

Diseases

98

(3)

Bonsai Calendar

101

(11)

Glossary

112

(4)

Index

116

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Bonsai Basics A Step-by-Step Guide to Growing, Training & General Care

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