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

by Werner Busch (Author)

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Product Description

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.

Product Details

• 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

By A Customer

This review is from: Indoor Bonsai For Beginners: Selection * Care * Training (Paperback)

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.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good introductory indoor bonsai book, February 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Indoor Bonsai For Beginners: Selection * Care * Training (Paperback)

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.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indoor Bonsai for Beginners, June 19, 2000

By	Alberto D Gomez (Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Indoor Bonsai For Beginners: Selection * Care * Training (Paperback)

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