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Beginner's Guide to Bonsai Norman Ken

Beginner's Guide to Bonsai By Norman Ken

Beginner's Guide to Bonsai by Norman Ken


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Summary

This practical guide explains what plants are suitable and how to grow and display them, and describes all the basic bonsai techniques of pruning, defoliating, wiring and clipping.

Beginner's Guide to Bonsai Summary

Beginner's Guide to Bonsai by Norman Ken

How to create and maintain beautiful miniature trees and shrubs, shown in more than 230 step-by-step photographs. You can find out which plants are suitable for growing and training as bonsai specimens. It contains advice on the choice of tools and equipment, together with clear, practical instructions for using the best composts and soils for growing healthy trees. You can learn how to choose pots to suit different types of plant. It includes a glorious photographic gallery of bonsai trees. Bonsai is the art of producing miniature versions of trees and shrubs by growing them in small containers and pruning and restricting their root and branch growth. This practical guide explains which trees and shrubs are suitable, and describes the basic techniques such as pruning, defoliating, wiring and clipping. Photographic sequences show how to cultivate a variety of popular species, both indoor and outdoor, such as European olive, Kusumaki and Japanese maple. There are also advanced techniques to help the reader produce truly eye-catching bonsai displays. The book concludes with a photographic directory of the author's award-winning bonsai.

About Norman Ken

Ken Norman is a past Chairman of the Federation of British Bonsai Societies and the Friends of the National Bonsai Collection. He is a highly respected bonsai artist who has been awarded six gold medals at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. He also won the Garden Media Guild Enthusiasts' Book of the Year Award in 2006.

Additional information

GOR006980303
9781780193069
1780193068
Beginner's Guide to Bonsai by Norman Ken
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Anness Publishing
20140501
96
N/A
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