Wholesale Bonsai Book by Dan Barton

[Skyhorse Publishing] This beautiful, full-color, authoritative book presents, in a practical yet inspirational way, Dan Barton’s expert knowledge and two decades of research on the joy of Bonsai. He gives detailed step-by-step horticultural instructions and fascinating insight into the creative process of Bonsai and provides a genuine understanding of the subject. As well as giving the essential descriptions of stock, equipment, basic care, and training techniques, the book includes new methods of achieving quicker results, a Bonsai calendar showing routing tasks on a month-by-month basis, and the use of modern materials, all of great value to today’s Bonsai enthusiast. Subjects includes: - Making a start, Potting up and re-potting - Composts, Watering, Feeding and fertilizers - Formal upright style Chokkan and derivatives - Informal upright style moyogi - Slanting style shakan Windswept style fukinagashi - Semi-cascade style han-kengai - Cascade style kengai - Single-tr