Bonsai Life Histories The Lives of over 50 Bonsai Trees in Photos and Words

Name: Bonsai Life Histories The Lives of over 50 Bonsai Trees in Photos and Words
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ISBN: 9781552096178

ISBN-10: 1552096173

ISBN-13: 9781552096178

Edition: 2002

Authors: Martin Treasure

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Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited
Publication date: 3/2/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 8.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Introduction


Getting started


Bonsai sources


What makes a good bonsai


What to avoid


Bonsai styles


Care and training


Watering


Site selection


Pruning, trimming and pinching


Leaf pruning


Wiring


Bonsai tools


Choosing pots


Root pruning and reporting


Pests and diseases


Bonsai season planner


Life histories


Acer thick-trunked trident maple


Acer root-over-rock trident maple


Acer two hedgerow maples


Acer parent Japanese mountain maple


Acer air-layered Japanese mountain maples


Berberis mature berberis


Betula reclaimed birches


Buxus ancient boxwood


Cedrus a pair of dwarf cedars of Lebanon


Chamï¿½cyparis false cypress group planting


Chamï¿½cyparis hinoki cypress trio


Cotoneaster cotoneaster cascade


Cratï¿½gus aged hollow-trunk common hawthorn


Cratï¿½gus multi-trunk common hawthorn


Fagus European beech


Fraxinus naturally stunted European ash


Ginkgo candle-flame maidenhair tree


Juniperus driftwood-style needle juniper


Juniperus juniper cascade


Lonicera garden-hedge dwarf honeysuckles


Lonicera "large" dwarf honeysuckle


Lonicera "small" dwarf honeysuckle


Picea root-on-rock 'little gem' spruce


Picea root-on-rock dwarf spruce


Pinus large formal scotch pine hybrid


Pinus literati-style scotch pine


Pinus informal upright scotch pine


Prunus rescued blackthorn


Salix restored weeping willow


Salix weeping willow cutting


Styrax stately styrax


Wisteria driftwood wisteria


Display


Displaying bonsai in your home


Displaying bonsai at exhibitions


Accent plantings


Displaying bonsai in your garden


Addresses and glossary


Index