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Beautiful Bonsai SecretsDiscover how to Design, Grow and Care for your Bonsai

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents....................................................................... 3

What is Bonsai?......................................................................... 4

How do I start bonsai?................................................................ 7

Where can I grow bonsai?.......................................................... 12

What type of plants are suitable for bonsai?.................................. 14

What do I need to know about the design of bonsai?...................... 19

What are the different styles of bonsai?........................................ 28

What tools and equipment do I need?.......................................... 37

Your basic toolkit...................................................................... 37

Accessories to have at the beginning........................................... 41

Tools to acquire as you go along................................................. 43

How do I develop a bonsai?........................................................ 44

Bonsai pots.............................................................................. 44

Initial growth stage................................................................... 47

Planting................................................................................... 48

Pruning................................................................................... 49

Wiring..................................................................................... 50

Shaping................................................................................... 51

How do I look after my bonsai?.................................................. 52

How do I propagate bonsai?....................................................... 59

How do I choose a suitable species of tree?.................................. 63

Conclusion............................................................................... 66

Appendix A Useful bonsai resources.......................................... 68

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What is Bonsai?

Bonsai is an ancient art form that originated in China and Japan whichis primarily focused on producing beautiful miniaturized trees and

plants. Bonsai is in fact a Japanese version of the original Chinese word

penzai that was applied to this oriental art form.

The word bonsai is made up of two root words, bon meaning tray and

sai which means plant. Thus, a literal translation is plant in a tray

which gives you a flavour of the art of bonsai. An essential part of

bonsai is that the plants are always planted in a pot of some type (there

are many different forms of pot used for the purpose of growing bonsai

trees). You will often see the term tree in a pot used to describe

bonsai.

However, this represents only a hint of what bonsai is really about.

Perhaps the most important thing to understand about bonsai is that it

is all about aesthetics, the beauty of the tree or plant that you are

growing. Whilst millions of people understand that bonsai is something

to do with growing little trees, they perhaps do not appreciate that the

most important thing is to grow a beautifulsmall tree. Bonsai is a living

art form focused on tree or plant sculptures that have a meaning.

A small tree or plant is not accepted as bonsai until it has been carefully

pruned and teased into the desired shape. Bonsai trees are not

necessarily naturally small, nor are they the shape that they are

because that is the way they were going to grow anyway.


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The whole art of bonsai has two sides to it.

On one hand, there is the appreciative viewer who takes great pleasurein the beauty and the aesthetics of the bonsai tree, whilst on the other

side, you have the grower.

The person who grows a bonsai tree plays an extremely important role

in the art of bonsai. Nor only do they spend many pleasurable hours

tending and growing their plants, they also take great pleasure in

knowing that their creation will bring immense enjoyment to others.

This is an essential element of bonsai that you must grasp from the

beginning. Bonsai is not just about owning a miniaturized tree, it is

more about the art and craft of creating and caring for them.

There is a huge amount of satisfaction and enjoyment attached to being

a successful bonsai grower, and you cannot realistically expect to

become a bonsai expert overnight.

In many ways, this is one of the primary attractions of growing bonsai

trees, particularly in Japan where patience and fortitude are highly

valued personal characteristics. Unlike many other hobbies or pastimes,

you cannot buy bonsai success, whilst on the other side of the coin,

successfully growing beautiful bonsai trees and plants is a genuine

achievement.

Fortunately, bonsai growing success is an achievement that anyone can

attain armed with the appropriate knowledge and equipment. Providing


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