Bonsai

Author: Harry Tomlinson
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780751301397
Category : Bonsai
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
The complete practical guide to the art of bonsai, from growing a single tree from seed to creating a landscape arrangement. A series of highly practical illustrated handbooks - concise, comprehensive and packed with advice, explanation and inspiration on every aspect of home care, home improvement and home reference. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step sequences show how to create and shape your own bonsai, and how to keep your established plants healthy and beautiful. Comprehensive, full-colour guide to identifying, growing and training over 75 bonsai trees and shrubs. Analyses the relationship between shape, scale, composition, and colour that underpins the art of bonsai, with an inspirational selection of mature bonsai illustrating the classic styles.

Complete Book of Bonsai

Author: Harry Tomlinson
Publisher: Bounty Books
ISBN: 9781856054003
Category : Bonsai
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
This guide, which is part of a series, gives practical information on bonsai propagation, maintenance, planting styles, growing techniques, tools and equipment, shaping and trimming, and pests and diseases. The history and tradition of the bonsai are explained and the book includes a photographic record of over 100 species.

Happy Bonsai

Author: Michael Tran
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744027160
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Begin your lifelong love affair with the mindful art of bonsai. Do you know your shari from your nebari? Can you tell literati styling from informal upright? Want to know how to create that gnarled and twisted look? Let Happy Bonsai guide you along the path to enlightenment, with care and display profiles for 40 top trees and fully illustrated step-by-steps of more than 20 bonsai techniques and styles. Find your perfect tree and discover how to prune, shape, and tend to its needs to create a beautiful living sculpture. Fall in love with this most meditative of garden crafts.

The Secret Techniques of Bonsai

Author: Masakuni Kawasumi II
Publisher: Kodansha International
ISBN: 9784770029430
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 124

Book Description
Provides detailed information about growing bonsai from seedlings or beginner plants and advice on shaping, pruning, training, grafting and re-potting trees. This book shows gardeners how to improvise with any readily-accessible bonsai tools, as well as gardening or even simple workshop tools. Japan's leading bonsai experts offer not only the basics for creating perfect bonsai, but also secret techniques the family has developed over generations of careful work and observation.

Bonsai

Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744082560
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Bonsai brings serenity to the home with beautiful miniature trees in idyllic container landscapes. Now DK brings this ancient practice into the 21st century, explaining how to grow and care for bonsai trees with a clear step-by-step approach. Offering easy-to-follow advice and simple photography, Bonsai demystifies the art of bonsai with sequences covering the traditional styles of Chokkan, Moyogi, Shakan, and Kengai, as well as deadwood bonsai styles such as Ishizuki, Yose Uye, and Sharimiki. For bonsai enthusiasts in search of fresh ideas, innovative techniques, and new ways to display their living art, Bonsai is the must-have ebook of the season.

The Bonsai Book

Author: Dan Barton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1631583808
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 467

Book Description
This original and authoritative book is presented in a practical yet inspirational way. Dan Barton shares with us his expert knowledge and two decades of research, giving both detailed step-by-step horticultural instructions and a fascinating insight into the creative process of Bonsai, to provide a genuine understanding of the subject. As well as giving the essential descriptions of stock, equipment, basic care, and training techniques, the book includes new methods of achieving quicker results, a Bonsai calendar showing routing tasks on a month-by-month basis, and the use of modern materials, all of great value to today’s Bonsai enthusiast. Beautifully illustrated throughout with strikingly original and instructive photographs, line drawings, and working schedules, The Bonsai Book is a must for would-be Bonsai enthusiasts and experts alike, and its fabulous presentation makes it an ideal gift.

Bonsai Basics

Author: Colin Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780600612131
Category : Bonsai
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Previous editions of this book sold 55,000 copies worldwide; Tailored to meet the needs of the first time bonsai owner.; Clear, authoritative text makes creating and caring for your bonsai straightforward.; The use of step-by-step illustrations and photographs ensure the techniques are easy to follow.; Includes easy-to-use care symbols.; Illustrated with over 120 specially commissioned photographs and illustrations.; Directory of both indoor and outdoor trees and their characteristics.

Bonsai

Author: Peter Chan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 162914262X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
For everyone from beginners to masters, the one essential book to growing, grooming, and caring for your bonsai tree. Bonsai is the ancient craft of carefully regulating the growth and shape of trees in order to produce miniature versions of mature trees. Dating back over one thousand years to ancient Japan, bonsai trees are some of the most beautiful and meticulously looked-after plants in the world, and in recent years bonsai have exploded in popularity in the Western world. Bonsai, written by world-renowned bonsai expert Peter Chan, is the essential compendium for anyone interested in trying out bonsai for the first time or adding more bonsai to their existing collections, detailing everything you need to know about buying and maintaining a magnificent bonsai tree, including: How to pick the right bonsai for you Tools and supplies to ensure your bonsai prospers How to shape your bonsai into different styles How different pots affect the growth of your bonsai And much more! With hundreds of color photographs and easy-to-read directions and explanations on a variety of subjects, Bonsai is the only book you’ll ever need to successfully start and maintain your own beautiful bonsai tree collection.

Freestyle Bonsai

Author: Jerome Kellerhals
Publisher:
ISBN: 0760371970
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 165

Book Description
Learn the ancient art of bonsai with a modern twist and permission to bend the rules in Freestyle Bonsai.

The Complete Practical Encyclopedia of Bonsai

Author: Ken Norman
Publisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780754821809
Category : Bonsai
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book defines and describes the ancient craft of bonsai, explaining the best trees and shrubs to use as well as the importance of size, proportion and aesthetics. The art of display is also examined, with useful advice on pots and containers, as well as how to display bonsai indoors and outdoors. The techniques of this precise art form are clearly described, and there is guidance on tools, propagation, and soil types, as well as on basic pruning, shaping and wiring. An invaluable bonsai directory provides information on a variety of popular species, while a chapter on caring for bonsai gives advice on general maintenance, as well as coping with pests and diseases. A unique section describes 15 of the most popular styles and includes how-to instruction on how to achieve each example.