tailieunhanh - BONSAI TREES: GROWING, TRIMMING, SCULPTING AND PRUNING

The Art Of Trimming Sculpting And Pruning Bonsai Trees Is Becoming One Of The Fastest Growing Hobbies In America For People With A "Green Thumb". Don't Be Left Out Of The Bonsai Sculpting Craze And Learn How To Make Many Beautiful Bonsai Trees And Have Fun Also!" With the benefit of this ebook "Bonsai Trees: Growing, Trimming, Pruning, and Sculpting", you can learn how to craft your own bonsai tree into a beautiful work of art. Inside these pages, you will find tons of information to help you in creating a bonsai you can be proud of | BONSAI TREES GROWING TRIMMING SCULPTING AND PRUNING TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 Bonsai History 5 Bonsai Styles 9 Formal Upright 10 Informal Upright 11 Slanting 12 Cascade 13 Semi-Cascade 15 Growing Indoors or Outdoors 15 Bonsai Tool Box 17 Grow From Seeds or Buy Trees 19 Trees Best Suited For Bonsai 21 What to Look For In Your Tree 27 Planting the Bonsai 30 Pruning and Trimming 32 Wiring 35 When to Wire 39 Watering and Fertilizing 41 Repotting the Bonsai 42 Seasonal Care 45 Displaying Your Bonsai 49 General Tips 50 Conclusion 52 INTRODUCTION Bonsai art is the display of a landscape - without the landscape. --Nobu Kajiwara This quote couldn t be truer. Growing and sculpting bonsai trees can be quite a satisfying hobby. It is a hobby however that requires a tremendous amount of patience. When you take a simple sapling and mold it to your desire you ll be rewarded with a beautiful piece of art you can truly be proud of The term bonsai literally means plant in a pot or tray planting. Bonsai however is much more than simply a plant in a pot. The goal of bonsai is to create the appearance of great size and age. This is accomplished by creating a bonsai with strong roots that extend in all directions creating a sense of stability a large trunk which tapers as it goes upward a clear apex and well formed and well placed branches. These features all combine to create a careful blend of symmetry balance and proportion. It also must be displayed in a pot which harmonizes well with the plant material. Bonsai is the art of growing trees in a confined space to simulate certain environmental conditions such as great age extreme weathering twisted or contorted form landscape or other factors. Bonsai trees are modeled on and take inspiration from nature. The idea of bonsai is to recreate some of nature s most stunning and beautiful effects on trees which are reduced in scale. When undertaking bonsai you are beginning an experience that will expand your horizons in countless .