Bonsai; Grow Your Own Bonsai from Cuttings, Seeds, and Saplings
- ISBN13:
9781585744411
- ISBN10:
1585744417
- Format: Trade Paper
- Copyright: 2002-01-01
- Publisher: The Lyons Press
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Summary
Using native plants as the foundation of a bonsai planting in the focus of Mr. Busch's book.
Table of Contents
| What is bonsai? | p. 8 |
| Why bonsai? | p. 8 |
| Bonsai as an art form | p. 10 |
| Creating bonsai | p. 10 |
| The first attempts | p. 11 |
| Cultivating Bonsai | p. 14 |
| Situation | p. 14 |
| Overwintering | p. 14 |
| Watering | p. 15 |
| Soil | p. 15 |
| Features of different soil types | p. 16 |
| Repotting | p. 16 |
| Pruning | p. 18 |
| Removing large branches | p. 19 |
| Feeding | p. 20 |
| Chemical fertilisers | p. 20 |
| Organic fertilisers | p. 20 |
| The properties and effects of plant nutrients | p. 20 |
| Trace elements | p. 23 |
| The natural rhythm of growth | p. 24 |
| Bonsai styles | p. 26 |
| Japanese styles | p. 26 |
| Broom | p. 26 |
| Upright | p. 26 |
| Informal upright | p. 26 |
| Formal upright | p. 26 |
| Twin-trunk | p. 26 |
| Multiple-trunk | p. 28 |
| Forest planting | p. 28 |
| Raft | p. 28 |
| Cascade | p. 28 |
| Windswept | p. 28 |
| Literati | p. 28 |
| What makes a good bonsai? | p. 30 |
| Containers | p. 30 |
| Soil surface | p. 30 |
| Root systems | p. 31 |
| Grafting roots | p. 31 |
| Encouraging root growth | p. 31 |
| Air-layering a new root spread | p. 32 |
| Selective root pruning | p. 32 |
| Trunk | p. 32 |
| Branches | p. 34 |
| Leaves | p. 35 |
| Flowers and fruit | p. 36 |
| Shaping techniques | p. 38 |
| Pruning | p. 38 |
| Wiring | p. 38 |
| Anchoring | p. 38 |
| Working with dead wood | p. 38 |
| Selective fertilising | p. 39 |
| Month-by-month care guide | p. 40 |
| Starting a bonsai | p. 44 |
| From seed | p. 44 |
| From nursery stock | p. 46 |
| From a wild sapling | p. 47 |
| Which trees are suitable for bonsai? | p. 49 |
| Deciduous Trees | p. 50 |
| Field maple (Acer campestre) | p. 50 |
| Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) and Norway maple (Acer platanoides) | p. 52 |
| Montpelier maple (Acer monspessulanum) | p. 56 |
| Common alder (Alnus glutinosa) and Grey alder (Alnus incana) | p. 58 |
| Silver birch (Betula pendula) and Downy birch (Betula pubescens) | p. 62 |
| Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) | p. 66 |
| Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) | p. 70 |
| Walnut (Juglans regia) | p. 72 |
| Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) | p. 74 |
| Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) | p. 78 |
| Common crab apple (Malus sylvestris) | p. 82 |
| Wild pear (Pyrus pyraster) | p. 86 |
| Common oak (Quercus robur) and Durmast oak (Quercus petraea) | p. 88 |
| Rowan or Mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia) | p. 92 |
| Small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata) | p. 94 |
| Smooth-leaved elm (Ulmus carpinifolia) | p. 98 |
| Conifers | p. 102 |
| Common juniper (Juniperus communis) | p. 102 |
| European larch (Larix decidua) | p. 104 |
| Norway spruce (Picea abies) | p. 108 |
| Arolla pine or Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra) | p. 112 |
| Mountain pine (Pinus mugo) | p. 114 |
| Austrian pine (Pinus nigra) | p. 116 |
| Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) | p. 118 |
| Yew (Taxus baccata) | p. 120 |
| Shrubs | p. 124 |
| Arctic birch (Betula nana) | p. 124 |
| Hazel (Coryllus avellana) | p. 126 |
| Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna and Crataegus laevigata) | p. 128 |
| Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) | p. 132 |
| Blackthorn/Sloe (Prunus spinosa) | p. 136 |
| Willow (Salix spp.) | p. 138 |
| Index | p. 142 |
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