This practical, beautifully illustrated step-by-step
guide is packed with ideas for creating superb bonsai.
By undertaking 15 complete projects, you will learn how
to achieve the most popular shapes, including formal and
informal upright, slanting, cascade, windswept, twin and
triple trunk, and root-in-rock planting. Advice is given
on the most suitable trees and shrubs to choose for your
bonsai, and there is a special section on how to grow
and care for tender tropical and subtropical trees such
as figs and dwarf myrtle indoors. There is a
comprehensive section on tools and equiment, and
detailed instruction on all the basic techniques needed
to achieve success. The art of displaying bonsai is just
as important as the plant itself. Helpful guidance on
pots and containers, accessories, stands and accent
planting will help you to choose a pot that blends well
with your tree, so that the final composition is a
complementary and well-balanced work of art. With its
accessible, step-by-step format and colour photographs,
this book provides you with all the information you need
to master this intriguing traditional craft.Ken Norman's
bonsai work won the Guild of Garden Writer's highly
presitigious Enthusiast's Book Of The Year for 2006, and
the author is also a multiple Chelsea Flower Show Gold
Medal winner. |
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