Indoor Bonsai How to Succeed with Bonsai Grown Inside Your Home

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781889538525
• ISBN10: 1889538523
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Summary

If your living room, bedroom, or kitchen is your garden, this beautifully photographed guide--written by North America's foremost bonsai pioneers--will keep your miniature trees thriving. An illustrated guide to styles displays a wide range of possibilities, from slanting trees with gnarled trunks to a tiny "forest." See how to control airflow and humidity in the home and construct a sheltered growing chamber. Find out one expert's tips for success, advice on artificial light, and suggestions on fertilizers and water. Grow from seeds and cuttings, combat pests and problems, master wiring techniques, and look at bonsai types from tropical blooming and fruiting to Texas ebony and succulents. Plus 100 plants that work well inside and a guide to ceramic containers to show them off.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Indoor Bonsai	4	(2)
Basic Considerations for Growing Indoor Bonsai	6	(4)
Phil Tacktill
Illustrated Guide to Bonsai Styles	10	(2)
Frank Okamura
One Grower's Tips for Success with Indoor Bonsai	12	(6)
Jack Wikle
What Makes a Good Bonsai?	18	(2)
Growing with Artificial Light	20	(4)
Margery M. Craig
Artificial Light Requirements for Indoor Bonsai	24	(4)
Margery M. Craig
Desirable Qualities of Indoor Bonsai	28	(2)
Sigmund I. Dreilinger
Fertilizers	30	(1)
Sigmund I. Dreilinger
Planting Media	31	(1)
Sigmund I. Dreilinger
Watering	32	(2)
Sigmund I. Dreilinger
Pest & Problems	34	(2)
Sigmund I. Dreilinger
Even Bonsai Growers Need a Vacation	36	(2)
Edmond O. Moulin
Growing from Seed & Cuttings	38	(2)
Kath Williams
Resting Periods, Light Effects & Indoor Bonsai	40	(6)
Stephen K-M. Tim
Guide to Ceramic Bonsai Containers	46	(6)
Phil Tacktill
How to Increase Humidity for Subtropical Bonsai	52	(4)
Jochen Pfisterer
Land & Water Penjing Using Indoor Plants	56	(4)
Hal Mahoney
Texas Ebony	60	(2)
Edith Sorge
Orange Jessamine	62	(4)
Heidrun Hunger
Succulent Bonsai	66	(1)
C. Glass
R. Foster
Wiring Techniques	67	(1)
More Succulents for Bonsai	68	(4)
James J. Smith
Fabulous Ficus	72	(4)
James J. Smith
Chinese Elm	76	(12)
Randy Bennett
151 Plants for Indoor Bonsai	88	(7)
Sigmund I. Dreilinger
Suggested Reading	95	(2)
I. Dreilinger
Index	97