Bonsai
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Bonsai
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Welcome to the Wikibooks guide to Bonsai, the art of miniature trees 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.