This simple guide for first-time bonsai growers, with easy instructions and more than 200 full-color photos and drawings, covers selecting a hardy specimen; the essentials of pruning, wiring, and aging; and keeping your bonsai healthy. Learn the many styles of bonsai shaping, important tree forms, forest groupings, and more.
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Text: English, French (translation)
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Bonsai Basics,
By Beth (Mobile, AL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bonsai Basics: A Step-By-Step Guide To Growing, Training & General Care (Paperback)
As a bonsai enthusiast (NOT master!), I have been designing bonsai for several years, and have acquired a few dozen books on the subject. Personally, I was unimpressed with this book. While it had some valid information, I noticed incorrect techniques photographed (trees with wire cutting in to the bark, or having wire scars). I didn't find the book particularly helpful.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Just the basics,
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This review is from: Bonsai Basics: A Step-By-Step Guide To Growing, Training & General Care (Paperback)
This book is great for beginners. It is explains different styles and has illustrations as well as descriptions. The techniques it uses are valid. My only concern was that this book tends to over simplify things. Taking cuttings is one example. The book suggests that this is the best way to get stock. Anyone that has ever tried to take cuttings realizes the falacy in that.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Detailed book easily understood by beguiners,
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Book depicts and explains theories and practices in handling a bonsai tree. It is written in really nice and easily understandable language. Definitive must have
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