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Growing Bonsai Trees

Contents

• Introduction
  
• Principles of Bonsai
  
• Choosing a Style
  
• Basic Styles
  
• Formal Upright
  
• Informal Upright
  
• Slanting
  
• Cascade
  
• Semi Cascade
  
• Plant Selection Guide
  
• Trees and Shrubs
  
• House Plants
  
• Obtaining Plants
  
• Collecting Plants from the Wild
  
• Importing Mature Plants
  
• Nursery Plants
  
• Shaping Bonsai
  
• Overall Design
  
• Pruning
  
• Nipping
  
• Wiring
  
• Containers for Bonsai
  
• Training Pots
  
• Choosing Pots
  
• Potting
  
• Repotting
  
• Growth Media
  
• Seasonal Care
  
• Spring Care
  
• Summer Care
  
• Fall Care
  
• Winter Care
  
• Coldframes
  
• Watering
  
• Fertilizer
  
• Propagating Bonsai
  
• Seedlings
  
• Cuttings
  
• Layering
  
• Grafting
  
• Displaying Bonsai
  
• Indoor Display
  
• Bonsai in the Garden
  

Bonsai are miniature trees grown in pots. The aim of bonsai culture is to develop a tiny tree that has all the elements of a large tree growing in a natural setting. This look is achieved, principally, by branch and root pruning and shaping, but other factors are also important.

The texture of the trunk, its look of age, the moss and the under plantings in the container all contribute to the illusion of a miniature tree as it is seen innature.