Totally Bonsai: A Guide to Growing, Shaping, and Caring for Miniature Trees and Shrubs

by Craig Coussins

Learn the ins and outs of proper bonsai design and care with this beautifully illustrated Japanese gardening book.

Creating your own bonsai tree is simple, calming and serene, and best of all, it lets you bring the outdoors inside, even if you don't have a lot of space. Imagine an enormous redwood shrunk to a size you can carry in one hand, but perfect in every detail. That is the joy of bonsai—the re-creaton of nature in miniature. With Totally Bonsai you can learn everything you need to know to become accomplished at the art of bonsai tree care and cultivation—how to pick a plant, what tools you'll need, and how to trim and style your plant.

At the heart of the book is a species directory detailing both outdoor and indoor bonsai. It includes 10 easy-to-grow types of bonsai plants that are great for the beginning bonsai enthusiast, as well as another 40 species that need a little more care

With Totally Bonsai you Totally Bonsai is a wonderful introduction to bonsai tradition and practice, including a historical overview of many styles of Japanese, Korean, Singaporean and Chinese bonsai, or penjing . Whether you want to grow a bonsai with dramatic exposed roots, create a spectacular twin-trunked landscape or cultivate a romantic sweeping cascade, Totally Bonsai will show you how.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published November 30, 2001

About the author

Craig Coussins has been growing Bonsai for 40 years. He has headed up Bonsai Conventions and taught Bonsai all over the world, Craig Coussins has written a number of well received books on this subject listed on Good Reads. His non commercial website is http://www.bonsaiinformation.com where you can see his Bonsai garden and photographs.

Reviews

[Teal Veyre · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of great information for beginners in bonsai :)