The Bonsai Book

The Definitive Illustrated Guide

By: Dan Barton

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Paperback | 21 May 2019

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This beautiful, full-color, authoritative book presents, in a practical yet inspirational way, Dan Barton’s expert knowledge and two decades of research on the joy of Bonsai. He gives detailed step-by-step horticultural instructions and fascinating insight into the creative process of Bonsai and provides 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. Subjects includes:

Making a start, Potting up and re-potting
Composts, Watering, Feeding and fertilizers
Formal upright style Chokkan and derivatives
Informal upright style moyogi
Slanting style shakan Windswept style fukinagashi
Semi-cascade style han-kengai
Cascade style kengai
Single-trunk variations
Twin-trunk style sokan
Forest group style yose-ue
Multi-trunk variations
Propagation, Seeds, Cuttings, Grafting
Propagation from air-layering
Pests and diseases, Bacteria and viruses, Insects and pests
And much, much more!

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.

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