The Bonsai Book : The Definitive Illustrated Guide - Dan Barton

The Bonsai Book

The Definitive Illustrated Guide

By: Dan Barton

Paperback | 21 May 2019

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This beautiful, full-color, authoritative book presents, in a practical yet inspirational way, Dan Barton’s expert knowledge and two decades of research on the joy of Bonsai. He gives detailed step-by-step horticultural instructions and fascinating insight into the creative process of Bonsai and provides a genuine understanding of the subject.

As well as giving the essential descriptions of stock, equipment, basic care, and training techniques, the book includes new methods of achieving quicker results, a Bonsai calendar showing routing tasks on a month-by-month basis, and the use of modern materials, all of great value to today’s Bonsai enthusiast. Subjects includes:
  • Making a start, Potting up and re-potting
  • Composts, Watering, Feeding and fertilizers
  • Formal upright style Chokkan and derivatives
  • Informal upright style moyogi
  • Slanting style shakan Windswept style fukinagashi
  • Semi-cascade style han-kengai
  • Cascade style kengai
  • Single-trunk variations
  • Twin-trunk style sokan
  • Forest group style yose-ue
  • Multi-trunk variations
  • Propagation, Seeds, Cuttings, Grafting
  • Propagation from air-layering
  • Pests and diseases, Bacteria and viruses, Insects and pests
  • And much, much more!

Beautifully illustrated throughout with strikingly original and instructive photographs, line drawings, and working schedules, The Bonsai Book is a must for would-be Bonsai enthusiasts and experts alike, and its fabulous presentation makes it an ideal gift.

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