Bonsai Secrets : Designing, Growing, and Caring for Your Miniature Masterpieces

by Chan, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780762106240
• ISBN10: 0762106247
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-23
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

Internationally acclaimed bonsai expert Peter Chan guides newcomers and experienced bonsai growers alike through the basics of bonsai technique and reveals insider secrets on how to make your bonsai thrive and live to a good age. This is the first book to provide tricks of the professional bonsai trade. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(2)
First Principles	8	(12)
What is Bonsai?	10	(2)
Origins	12	(2)
The Spread of Bonsai	14	(2)
Religion	16	(2)
The Art of Bonsai	18	(2)
Choosing a Bonsai	20	(10)
Indoor or Outdoor?	22	(2)
Choosing a Plant	24	(2)
Indoor Varieties	26	(2)
Outdoor Varieties	28	(2)
Buying and Pricing Bonsai	30	(14)
Where To Buy	32	(4)
Finding a Bargain	36	(2)
Pricing and Values	38	(2)
Price Factors	40	(4)
Bonsai Aesthetics	44	(22)
What Makes a Good Bonsai?	46	(2)
What to Look For	48	(6)
Style and Ethnicity	54	(1)
Choosing A Style	54	(4)
Size and Age	58	(2)
Pots and Containers	60	(4)
Color	64	(2)
Growing Secrets	66	(40)
The Basics	68	(2)
Soil and Growing Media	70	(4)
Growing From Seed	74	(2)
Growing from Cuttings	76	(2)
Bonsai From Seedlings and Cuttings	78	(2)
Bonsai from Nursery Material	80	(2)
Air Layering	82	(4)
Repotting	86	(6)
Fertilizing	92	(4)
Watering	96	(2)
Pinching and Pruning	98	(4)
Care Through The Year	102	(2)
Protection From the Elements	104	(2)
Design and Shaping Principles	106	(16)
The Components of Bonsai Design	108	(4)
Wabi and Sabi in Bonsai Design	112	(2)
Basic Shaping Techniques	114	(2)
Shaping Tools	116	(6)
Shaping Techniques	122	(18)
Wiring	124	(6)
Creating Jins and Sharis	130	(4)
Restyling and Grooming	134	(4)
Leaf Pruning	138	(2)
Advanced Techniques	140	(14)
Creating Good Taper On Bonsai	142	(2)
Trunk, Roots, and Branches	144	(2)
Field-Growing Techniques	146	(2)
Rock Planting With Three Junipers	148	(2)
Taxus Project	150	(2)
Displaying and Exhibiting	152	(2)
Troubleshooting and Health Problems	154	(12)
Common Problems	156	(4)
Pests	160	(4)
Diseases	164	(2)
Plant Directory	166	(6)
Indoor Varieties	168	(2)
Outdoor Varieties	170	(2)
Glossary	172	(1)
Resources	173	(1)
Index	174	(2)
Acknowledgments	176