Introduction to bonsai The complete illustrated guide for beginners with monthly growing schedules
Book - 2021
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.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Handbooks and manuals
- Published
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Clarendon :
Tuttle Publishing
2021.
- Language
- English
Japanese - Corporate Author
- Corporate Author
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- "With over 2,000 illustrations." --Cover.
- Physical Description
- 192 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBN
- 9784805315446
- The Power of Small Bonsai
- How to Appreciate Bonsai
- Many Ways to Enjoy
- Types of Bonsai
- Basic Tree Forms
- Tools to Have on Hand
- How Bonsai Use Air and Soil
- Techniques & Supplemental Materials
- Root Laying
- Air Layering
- Seedlings
- Cuttings
- Types of Bonsai Pots
- Planting in a Bonsai Pot
- Sharing Our Lives with Bonsai
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- How to Care for Flowering Bonsai
- Plum
- Siberian Peashrub
- Japanese Quince
- Fuji Cherry
- Japanese Andromeda
- Japanese Rose
- Chinese Quince
- Reeve's Spiraea
- Azalea Rhododendron
- Stachyurus Praecox
- Kousa Dogwood
- Pomegranate
- Crepe-Myrtle
- Star Magnolia
- Lilac
- Tosamizuki
- How to Care for Fruiting Bonsai
- Cape Jasmine
- Linden Arrowwood
- Oriental Bittersweet
- Crabapple
- Hamilton's Spindletree
- Diamond Leaf Persimmon
- Thorny Olive
- Jolcham Oak
- Autumn Olive
- Japanese Barberry
- Queen Coralbead
- Ginkgo
- Chinese Quince
- Japanese Hawthorn
- Firethorn
- Kadsura Vine
- Japanese Winterberry
- Burning Bush
- Toringo Crabapple
- How to Care for Leafy Bonsai
- Trident Maple
- Japanese Maple
- Japanese Zelkova
- Ligistrum Obtusifolius
- Korean Hornbeam
- Chinese Tamarisk
- Spicewood
- Japanese Beech
- How to Care for Conifers
- Japanese Black Pine
- Japanese White Pine
- Temple Juniper
- Japanese Cedar
- Chinese Juniper
- Pruning, Shaping & Shaving Bonsai
- Why Do We Prune Bonsai?
- Why Do We Bend and Shape Bonsai?
- Why Do We Shave Bark from Bonsai?
- Maintaining Your Bonsai's Health
- How to Weed and Kill Pests and Germs
- The Kinds of Fertilizers, and How to Use Them
- Glossary of Bonsai Terms