Bonsai
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Bonsai
Welcome to the Wikibooks guide to Bonsai, the art of miniature tree in pots. Creating bonsai involves artistic skills, akin to sculpture and painting: bonsai design. Caring for bonsai involves the science and skill of keeping potted trees healthy and growing: bonsai horticulture.
The aim of this book is to provide everything a beginner needs to know about to get started in bonsai, from selecting trees, to caring for trees, to potting and repotting trees, to styling trees, to displaying trees.
[edit] Introduction to bonsai
- What is bonsai?
- History of bonsai
[edit] Getting started in bonsai
- Choosing a species
- Choosing a tree
- Potting a tree in training
- Bonsai soil
[edit] Bonsai horticulture
- Watering
- Feeding
- Pruning
- Wiring
[edit] Bonsai design
- Elements of good bonsai
- Deadwood
- Displaying bonsai
