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Indoor Bonsai for Beginners: Selection - Care - Training (Paperback)

by Werner Busch (Author)
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Creating beautiful, healthy bonsai is a wonderful skill that anyone can learn, with a little time, patience, and this all-inclusive manual. With color photos and drawings to illustrate the points, it introduces all the cultivation techniques; offers expert advice on location, soil types, watering, and pest control; and provides intricate instruction on training the bonsai--including pruning, wiring and stretching it. An A-to-Z guide of all the popular species showcases varieties that range from a flowering Camellia Japonica, with its beautiful smooth stem, to an easy-to-care for Olive tree. Each entry gives some background on the plant, and includes suggestions for acquiring the bonsai and directions on how to position it in the room for best results.

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Cassell (February 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1844033503
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844033508
  • Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36,731 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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52 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is my Bonsai trees' best friend., June 24, 2000
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I would recommend this book to every first time bonsai owner. I'm sure that if my current trees could speak, they would thank me for reading this book prior to making my bonsai selection. My first bonsai tree did not fair so well. It appears I did everything wrong the first time around. First I selected an out door tree for an indoor garden. I did not know when to trim the tree or how to fertilize. I thought all bonsai needed the same care guidelines. I was very wrong and the tree died.

I love the section on individual tree care. Now when I find a bonsai that I love, I just pull out my copy of Indoor Bonsai for Beginners: Selection, Care, Training, and find out if the tree will thrive in the location I have available. If not, I do the tree a favor and leave it for someone who has the proper location.

Thanks to this book I know which trees will fair well in an office window with only the morning sun. I know to have a drip tray, sprayer and other supplies waiting for the trees to arrive. I know to find out when the bonsai was last transplanted and fertilized. This book is definitely my Bonsai Trees' best friend and a MUST READ for anyone thinking about owning a bonsai. Just do your tree a favor and read it before you make your tree selection.

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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good introductory indoor bonsai book, February 6, 2001
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As stated in the title this book is about indoor bonsai, or more precisely how to grow and maintain tropical bonsai indoors. It doesn't contain much info on non tropical species, which are more appropriate to growing outdoors. There are many beautiful pictures that will inspire the beginning bonsai artist to create masterpieces of their own. Highly recommended beginners book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Indoor Bonsai for Beginners, June 19, 2000
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This is an excelent book about indoor bonsai. I've been buying books looking for tips in selection,care and training of indoor bonsais but most of the authors insist that this is an outdoor activity. In Indoor Bonsai for Beginners I found helpful information and a lot of pictures and drawings
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5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect starter book
I attended a bonsai class at a local nursery and this was one of the books they recommended. I checked it out from the library, and after maxing out my renewals I decided to... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lefty Burns

5.0 out of 5 stars For beginners
I just bought my wife her first bonsai and bought this book to help. She has been reading the book- following the directions in the book - buying the recommended items - and the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by J. marchegiano

4.0 out of 5 stars Indoor Bonsai For Beginners
This was a gift for my wife who expressed a desire to start some Bonsai. She was impressed with this choice for a beginner!
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5.0 out of 5 stars INDOOR BONSAI FOR BEGINNERS
This is an excellent step by step book for the absolute beginner of either a "gift" bonsai or a gardner wanting to learn and play. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Rebecca M. Blue

5.0 out of 5 stars Not many books on indoor bonsai!
The first part of this book is general information and it is written for indoor bonsais. The pictures of the bonsais are of smaller trees, not the large bonsai trees that you see... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Kathy Busch

1.0 out of 5 stars You can judge this book by it's cover
This may be the worst Bonsai Book ever written. The tree on the front cover is a prime example of what a Bonsai tree is not supposed to look like. Read more
Published on April 13, 2004 by Paul Pikel

3.0 out of 5 stars Kind of Dull
While the book offers information on some indoor and partially indoor species, I was looking for a book with more species information. Read more
Published on August 29, 2000

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