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Home Gardener's Bonsai: Buying, Planting, Displaying, Improving and Caring for Bonsai (Creative Homeowner) A-Z Guides of Indoor and Outdoor Types, Pruning, Wiring, Feeding, and More (Specialist Guide)
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Product Description Everything you need to know about bonsai! Easy-to-use guide with precise instructions and clear illustrations A to Z bonsai, both indoor and outdoor, deciduous, conifers, flowering shrubs, and more Pruning techniques, wiring, pinching, watering and feeding, pests and diseases, and other concerns Windswept bonsai, bamboo bonsai, group bonsai, creating a cascade, and more This is your essential guide to the art and craft of growing bonsai in the garden or in the house! The ancient art of bonsai—growing miniaturized trees in containers—is a fascinating hobby. The tiniest outdoor space can be transformed into a beautiful landscape and there are numerous indoor varieties to choose from. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced enthusiast, this book will prove invaluable. With topics ranging from watering and feeding to spirit and aesthetics, Home Gardener's Bonsai provides an all-in-one guide to this ancient and fascinating hobby! This information-packed book features advice on looking for and raising trees, handling pests and diseases, using composts, potting, choosing containers, pruning the plants, displaying them, and more. A convenient A-Z guide to bonsai is included and covers virtually every species of indoor and outdoor tree, including deciduous trees and shrubs like Japanese Maple and Chinese Scholar Tree, conifers including Dawn Redwood and English Yew, flowering trees and shrubs such as Quince and Winter Daphne, and fruiting trees and shrubs including Firethorn and Crab Apple.Packed with beautifully illustrated details, important information, special features, easy-to-follow instructions, crucial techniques, a useful A–Z directory of bonsai species, advice on maintaining and improving your bonsai, dealing with pests and diseases, and much more, this 80-page guide contains everything you need to know to grow, shape, and care for bonsai. Get started creating your own bonsai art, with Home Gardener's Bonsai! From the Back Cover The ancient art of bonsai — growing miniaturized trees in containers — is a fascinating hobby. The tiniest outdoor space can be transformed into a beautiful landscape and there are numerous indoor varieties to choose from. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced enthusiast, this book will prove invaluable.→Find your information fast→A quick introduction gets you started→Important techniques clearly presented→Packed with beautifully illustrated details→Important information and special features→Precise, easy-to-follow instructions Concise, easy-to-use reference guide Includes a useful A–Z directory of bonsai species Information on indoor bonsai Advice on maintaining and improving bonsai How to deal with pests and diseases About the Author David Squire has worked for many years as a gardening writer and editor. He has contributed to numerous gardening magazines and is the author (or co-author) of more than 80 gardening and plant-related books. His books include four titles in the new Home Gardener's Specialist Guide series (Fox Chapel Publishing) plus The Scented Garden (Orion) which won the "Quill and Trowel Award" of the Garden Writers of America. David trained as a horticulturist at the Hertfordshire College of Agriculture and at the Royal Horticultural Society, where he was awarded the Wisley Diploma in Horticulture. He was awarded an N.K. Gould Memorial Prize for his collection of herbarium specimens of native British plants. In 2005, this collection of plants was accepted by the Booth Museum of Natural History to become library and museum exhibits. He has a passionate interest in the uses of native plants, whether for eating and survival, or for their historical roles in medicine, folklore, and customs.
