Totally Bonsai: A Guide to Growing, Shaping, and Caring for Miniature Trees and Shrubs (Hardcover)
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Creating your own bonsai is simple, calming, and serene, and best of all, it lets you bring the outdoors inside, even if you dont have a lot of space.
Learn everything you need to know to become accompished at the art of bonsai growing–how to pick a plant, what tools youll need, and how to trim and style your plant. At the heart of the book is a species directory with 10 easy-to-grow plants that are great for getting started, as well as another 40 species that need a little more care.
Learn everything you need to know to become accompished at the art of bonsai growing–how to pick a plant, what tools youll need, and how to trim and style your plant. At the heart of the book is a species directory with 10 easy-to-grow plants that are great for getting started, as well as another 40 species that need a little more care.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
“What else would I need than this book when learning about Bonsai? I recommend it fully and suggest that it should be on everyone’s bookshelf, or at least in his or her hands”
When you start growing Bonsai, it is hard to work your way through all the titles available. I first bought a book called Bonsai for Beginners by the same author and while this was a very nice book, it was not only geared to beginners but also to more advanced growers. This new book is a revelation. Beautifully laid out, the practical guide to Growing Bonsai is the first book I have read that truly spells it out. It is lavishly illustrated and very well written that it is more than a reference book. It has become a `read’.
The Practical Guide is just that. It covers all the basic information that you, as a Bonsai Grower in the early stages of this wonderful hobby, need to learn to understand what is to be done. A real beginners book but written by someone who understands what a real teacher needs to speak about when speaking to a newcomer. Craig Coussins writes in a very one to one style and I really felt that he was with me every step of ‘his’ way. This is a great book!
Clear instructions filled with some gorgeous photographs looks at all the techniques that I need to know. Charts explain the right times of the year to do the work and completed by a species list of all the most popular Bonsai that beginners should try.
Therefore, what else would I need than this book when learning about Bonsai? I recommend it fully and suggest that it should be on everyone’s bookshelf, or at least in his or her hands.
January 13th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
This book provides excellent background and general information for someone starting out in bonsai. The photos are excellent and a wide variety of types are shown. However, I was expecting more of a guide on how to actually start growing a bonsai. There are a lot of references to finding “a local club” which would of course be helpful, but if you’re just starting out (like me) and don’t have a nearby bonsai club, you’ll probably want additional books to guide you through getting started.