From advice on evaluating and selecting plants, to assessing plant health, and troubleshooting, this comprehensive guide is any readers step-by-step entry into this ancient and beautiful living art. Covers over 50 varieties of plants and trees which can be cultivated into captivating miniatures.
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Survival is the key word here, for these delicate plants are difficult to care for. Lewis, founder of Bonsai magazine, has written a guide to buying and maintaining a bonsai. There are instructions on shaping, pruning, repotting, and pests and diseases. Lewis lists 50 popular species, with specific information on growing each tree--maple, bamboo, hornbeam, hackberry, quince, cypress, cotoneaster, cedar, beech, ficus, juniper, myrtle, pine, etc. Four-color photographs throughout, primarily for beginners. George Cohen
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Grow attractive bonsai and keep them healthy with this "one-stop" source of vital information.
From advice on evaluating and selecting plants, to assessing plant health and troubleshooting, the Bonsai Survival Manual provides the comprehensive information every bonsai gardener needs for success.
-- Advice on selecting suitable species, feeding, watering, and providing the proper temperature
-- Step-by-step guidance on keeping your miniature tree in shape and avoiding common bonsai ailments
-- Detailed horticultural profiles of 50 popular commercial varieties, with at-a-glance information on their specific requirements
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This review is from: Bonsai Survival Manual: Tree-by-Tree Guide to Buying, Maintaining, and Problem Solving (Paperback)
As a new convert, I have been frustrated by most books on bonsai. They are filled with wonderful information, but the author often takes for granted that you are an experience bonsai enthusiast. Mr. Lewis does not do that. With excellent pictures and color graphics, he explains in great detail what to look for (and look OUT for!) when buying a tree, as well as detailed advice on pruning and shaping techniques. I wish I had bought this sooner.
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It helps understanding your bonsai,
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This review is from: Bonsai Survival Manual: Tree-by-Tree Guide to Buying, Maintaining, and Problem Solving (Paperback)
I've found the advices the book gives for buying a bonsai very helpful. On the other hand it helped me and my friends understanding why we did not succeded in keeping our little trees alive. After reading the brief but thoroughly information about "trees necessities" I decided to try again and my ume(plum)-bonsai look now quite happy.
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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This book contains what you need to know to grow Bonsai.,
By rkroll@aol.com (San Jose, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bonsai Survival Manual: Tree-by-Tree Guide to Buying, Maintaining, and Problem Solving (Paperback)
The Bonsai Survival Manual contains just about everything you need to know about growing and keeping Bonsai. It is well organized with sections on general care and techniques followed by sections on specific species. There is information in here that I have not seen in other books on Bonsai. The writing is terse, concise, and easy to read and understand. The Bonsai photographs show off the beauty of this art form.All in all, I found this book to be the most useful and fun to read of any Bonsai book I have read.
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