Bonsai

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Bonsai


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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

[edit] Bonsai horticulture

  • Watering
  • Feeding
  • Pruning
  • Wiring

[edit] Bonsai design

  • Elements of good bonsai
  • Deadwood
  • Displaying bonsai