Description
Two award-winning bonsai experts have put together a bonsai guide so essential, modern, practical, and beautiful it will make you want to rush out and plant a seedling or dig up a mature specimen to shape and train. A combination of skillfully drawn artwork and breathtaking color photographs accompany passionately written descriptions that highlight every facet of bonsai practice:
* From anatomy to aesthetics: the science and art of bonsai
* Explanation of classical and non-classical styles
* How to grow your own bonsai, by propagation and from larger plants
* Keeping your bonsai alive, healthy, pest-free, and in shape—indoors or out
* Pinching, pruning and wiring: the skills and the tools you need
* Photographic gallery of the top 24 plants suitable for treatment
You will see lush bonsai in flower, bearing small fruit, flaunting the full glory of their autumn foliage, or even displayed in a simple and natural group style: sure to interest and capture your imagination. 8 1/2 X 11. All in Color
* From anatomy to aesthetics: the science and art of bonsai
* Explanation of classical and non-classical styles
* How to grow your own bonsai, by propagation and from larger plants
* Keeping your bonsai alive, healthy, pest-free, and in shape—indoors or out
* Pinching, pruning and wiring: the skills and the tools you need
* Photographic gallery of the top 24 plants suitable for treatment
You will see lush bonsai in flower, bearing small fruit, flaunting the full glory of their autumn foliage, or even displayed in a simple and natural group style: sure to interest and capture your imagination. 8 1/2 X 11. All in Color
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
160 pages
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 2002
Publisher
Veltman Uitgevers
ISBN-10
9059200667
ISBN-13
9789059200661