The Bonsai Book The Definitive Illustrated Guide
The Bonsai Book The Definitive Illustrated Guide by Dan Barton is a comprehensive resource published by Racehorse on May 21, 2019. This illustrated edition spans 160 pages and is presented in English. The book offers an in-depth exploration of Bonsai, drawing on Dan Barton’s two decades of research and expertise. It provides practical horticultural instructions alongside insights into the creative process involved in cultivating Bonsai.
Readers will find detailed guidance on essential topics such as potting, watering, and training techniques, as well as innovative methods for achieving quicker results. The book includes a Bonsai calendar that outlines monthly tasks and discusses the use of modern materials beneficial for both novice and experienced enthusiasts. Beautifully illustrated with photographs and line drawings, The Bonsai Book serves as a valuable reference for anyone interested in gardening, Japanese gardens, and ornamental plants.
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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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