| Bonsai In Your Home: An Indoor Grower's Guide | 
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Sales Rank: 581734
Category: Book
Author: Paul Lesniewicz
Publisher: Sterling
Studio: Sterling
Manufacturer: Sterling
Label: Sterling
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0806907819
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.9772
EAN: 9780806907819
ASIN: 0806907819
Publication Date: June 30, 1997
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?Offers instructions on care, including light, humidity, temperature, watering, and feeding requirements...creating groupings, propagating plants from seed and cuttings, trimming leaves, and pruning roots...[this] profusely illustrated and informative guide is in color.??Booklist. ?An informative, exquisitely illustrated guide to growing tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs as bonsai....Plants for beginners are clearly marked.??Library Journal.
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 Great for indoor bonsais February 27, 2008
The greatest thing about this book is that it is just about indoor bonsais!
There are a lot of bonsai books. Many of the books tell you about shaping and creating, planting and repotting, the different types of soil, the tools you will need, pruning, cutting, and trimming, how to wire or bend the branches and all of those necessary things that it takes to make a tree or plant a bonsai. This book has all of this information and it presents it very well. I am sure there are some bonsai books that do this better, but this book is totally devoted to indoor bonsais and there are not many books on indoor bonsais.
An indoor bonsai does not mean that it lives indoors all year. All bonsais grow better if they are outside as long as your area will permit. An indoor bonsai is one that can live in the house during the winter without a dramatic set back. Outdoor bonsais on the other hand must spend the winter out doors. If you try to keep them in the house for the winter they will eventually die. Most bonsai books include many of the indoor bonsais, but they don't label them as indoor bonsais and they don't tell you how to keep them thriving in the house for the winter.
In this book there are over 40 indoor bonsais that are presented on a two-page format. One page has a beautiful large picture of each bonsai, plus a small picture on the next page. The second page has general information about the bonsai; it's origin, size, flower and fruit information, and other interesting information about this bonsai. Then the rest of the page has the following sections: Location, Watering, Feeding, Transplanting, Soil, Pruning, Wiring and Propagation. It also has symbols for light, water and temperature during the winter, so you can see that information at a glance.
A smaller version of this book is "Indoor Bonsai" written by the same author. It is similar, but there are fewer trees with the two-page format. It does have a section in the back listing many more indoor trees with a paragraph on each of them.
 Great for the novice January 17, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book, of the 3 I purchased, is the one I refer to most often. It has detailed descirptions of each tree along wiht detailed instructions on care for the tree including maintenance, repotting, propagation, etc. Very easy to understand and has answered the vast majority of my questions.
Great How To Manual for Beginners August 19, 2000
3 out of 14 found this review helpful
Paul Lesniewicz describes the bonsai art with simplicist and skill. This book is full of wonderful photos and great advise.
Good book July 9, 2000
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book says everything from how to care for your bonsai, to how to grow bonsai from cuttings and seeds. This is a great book for beginners as well as the experinced grower.
Good book for beginners. June 16, 1999
17 out of 22 found this review helpful
This book helped me a lot in deciding which tree to grow and maintain. This book had drawings and pictures that assisted me in pruning, wiring, and the transplanting of my tree.
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