Totally Bonsai: A Guide to Growing, Shaping, and Caring for Miniature Trees and Shrubs

totally bonsai: a guide to growing, shaping, and caring for miniature trees and shrubs

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Totally Bonsai: A Guide to Growing, Shaping, and Caring for Miniature Trees and Shrubs

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Book Description
Creating your own bonsai is simple, calming, and serene, and best of all, it lets you bring the outdoors inside, even if you don't have a lot of space.
Learn everything you need to know to become accompished at the art of bonsai growing--how to pick a plant, what tools you'll need, and how to trim and style your plant. At the heart of the book is a species directory with 10 easy-to-grow plants that are great for getting started, as well as another 40 species that need a little more care.

About the Author
Craig Coussins started growing Bonsai in 1973. He has studied with John Yoshio Naka, the world famous Japanese-American Bonsai teacher, as well as the English Bonsai teacher Peter Adams. Craig was instrumental in the creation of the British Bonsai Societies. He has taught in California, Texas, Florida, Russia, South Africa, New Zealand, Ireland, Italy and Belgium.

Totally Bonsai: A Guide to Growing, Shaping, and Caring for Miniature Trees and Shrubs,Craig Coussins,Tuttle Publishing,0804834202,Bonsai,Gardening,Gardening / Horticulture,Gardening/Plants,Japanese Gardens - Bonsai,Ornamental Plants,Shrubs,Trees

Book Contents:

  1. Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast
  2. Tree and Shrub Gardening for Washington and Oregon
  3. Tree Bark : A Color Guide
  4. Tropical Garden Plants
  5. Tuscany Artists Gardens
  6. Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses : Gardening with California Monocots
  7. Wildly Successful Plants: Northern California
  8. Zen Gardening
  9. A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants
  10. A Guide to the Gardens of Kyoto

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