Art of Bonsai

Art of Bonsai
Author: Yuji Yoshimura
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2012-07-09
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1462907121

Learn the ins and outs of proper bonsai design and care with this comprehensive Japanese gardening book. Japanese bonsai have long been admired throughout the world while their care and preservation have seemed shrouded in mystery. The Art of Bonsai is, however, a comparatively simple art to learn. Anyone with a love a plants, a little patience and this eminently practical book can create bonsai and keep a finished plant healthy and vigorous for generations. Included in this definitive volume are: Detailed, illustrated instructions on propagation and training Hints for those growing bonsai in a hurry and apartment dwellers Daily and seasonal bonsai care practices Dealing with pests and bonsai troubleshooting How to judge, select and exhibit bonsai Detailed appendices on tools, equipment, soil analyses Data on more than 300 species of plants used in making bonsai This classic work remains an eminently practical book and is the classic guide to bonsai care. It contains the essentials of an art that is one of Japan's most treasured traditions--sculpting beauty in living wood.

The Living Art of Bonsai

The Living Art of Bonsai
Author: Amy Liang
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781402719011

"With 288 color pages, Liang's is one of the best [books on the subject]. Her book includes a breath-taking photo gallery of bonsai, basic styles, group planting, plant physiology, cultivation, propagation, transplanting and repotting, and training and dwarfing--in other words, everything the bonsai grower needs to know."--Booklist Cultivating bonsai is a fine art, and this extravagantly produced volume, filled with hundreds upon hundreds of lavish full-color photographs, showcases the very best and most beautiful specimens. Many of the trees have won international awards, were gifts bestowed by heads of state, and have been featured in TV documentaries. Some have even been the subjects of a commemorative stamp series. Professor Amy Liang, a world-famous leader in the field, surveys the history of bonsai in its many schools and styles, and offers practical techniques and highly detailed instructions for those who want to shape and nurture their own trees. The remarkable images display dazzling miniature evergreens, flowering and fruited trees, and their foliage.

The Foundations of Bonsai

The Foundations of Bonsai
Author: Harry Harrington
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2016-11-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9780976755074

Provides an outline of the fundamentals of successful bonsai care and cultivation.

Modern Bonsai Practice

Modern Bonsai Practice
Author: Larry W Morton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692521397

The most current, useful information on growing Bonsai. Fresh, practical, definitive reference guide to the finest art of horticulture. Common sense bonsai answers separating myth from fact. Appropriate for everyone interested in the simplified science of growing miniature trees or landscape garden plants. Featuring Walter Pall Bonsai.

Happy Bonsai

Happy Bonsai
Author: Michael Tran
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2020-05-05
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0744027160

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.

Keshiki Bonsai

Keshiki Bonsai
Author: Kenji Kobayashi
Publisher: Timber Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1604693592

Original Japanese edition published by Nitto Shoin Honsha Co., Ltd. in 2007.

Bonsai

Bonsai
Author: Harry Tomlinson
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1994
Genre: Bonsai
ISBN: 9780751301397

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.

The Complete Practical Encyclopedia of Bonsai

The Complete Practical Encyclopedia of Bonsai
Author: Ken Norman
Publisher: Lorenz Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-11-16
Genre: Bonsai
ISBN: 9780754821809

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.