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Bountiful Bonsai
Create Instant Indoor Container Gardens with Edible Fruits, Herbs and Flowers
Bonsai—the Japanese art of training plants to form elegant sculptures—is an age-old craft that appeals to gardeners and non-gardeners alike.
Bountiful Bonsai presents a radical, new approach that applies bonsai techniques to everyday container gardening, instantly turning houseplants and herbs into beautiful and unusual bonsai sculptures!
Bonsai expert Richard Bender
He shows readers how to create "instant bonsai" by shaping a range of common houseplants, including:
- Fragrant hibiscus and jasmine
- Kitchen herbs such as rosemary and thyme
- Luscious fruits like cherries and oranges
- Medicinals such as tea tree and camphor laurel
Getting started
This beautifully illustrated volume provides all the information you need to get started, from plant choice advice to care requirements and bonsai "carving" tips. Suitable for indoor gardening, or shaping exquisite bonsai fruit trees for outside gardens, Bender turns a finicky art into a hobby accessible to all. Bonsai have graced Japanese homes for centuries; now they can yield useful crops that will simultaneously satisfy your artistic sensibility and also provide some wonderful meals!
