Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $9.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Bonsai: Bonsai in any languages, #1
    Bonsai: Bonsai in any languages, #1
    Bonsai: Bonsai in any languages, #1
    Ebook209 pages1 hour

    Bonsai: Bonsai in any languages, #1

    By Naoki Shizen

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    *** New Illustred Version ***

    "Growing Bonsai is relaxing at home with nature!"

    Although bonsai is an ancient oriental art, it is just as relevant to today's Western culture as it was in the East, when it originated in China over 2000 years ago.

    People everywhere have always had an affinity with nature, and people everywhere feel the urge to represent these things in the form of art. In painting, poetry, music and sculpture. In this high-tech era, this kind of empathy with our natural surroundings is even more important, helping us relax and unwind.

    What better way do this, and to pay homage to mother nature's most magnificent creations, than through the venerable art of bonsai? The principles of bonsai are simple to learn and very easy to apply. For example, we all keep plants in pots, on our balconies, patios and even in our living rooms; there's nothing new about hat. We prune our shrubs, clip our hedges and fashion some plants into the recognizable shapes of birds or animals. Nothing new there either!

    The only thing that makes bonsai different from any other form of horticulture is that it involves creating a miniature image of a larger tree, and keeping it that way, in a container that is shallower than usual. The only thing that makes it different from any other art form, is that the medium we work with is alive and constantly changing.

    Bonsai involves no magic potions, no special philosophy, and no degree in oriental studies. All it requires is a woody plant, a pot, a handful of basic tools, and a few years' patience. Think you can manage that? Of course!

    Some research says that Bonsai care is one of the healthiest and most relaxing hobbies you can do both outdoors and at home .... what are you waiting for to start taking care of it and relaxing?

    Read this book, try out the techniques for yourself (if you kill a few trees, don't worry – we've all done that!). Above all, have fun – that's what bonsai is all about.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaoki Shizen
    Release dateMay 8, 2024
    ISBN9798224067152
    Bonsai: Bonsai in any languages, #1

    Related to Bonsai

    Titles in the series (8)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Gardening For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Patience is Key

      Apr 30, 2024

      Patience is Key
      3 min read

    • Article

      Cuttings

      Sep 21, 2020

      One of the most satisfying aspects of growing bonsai is that of propagating bonsai from cuttings. This process is also known as cloning, and although it is used extensively for crop propagation it is also very effective for bonsai. Essentially the pr

      3 min read

    • Article

      Growing Out

      Mar 27, 2023

      Growing Out
      2 min read

    • Article

      Preparing for Spring

      Jul 27, 2020

      Preparing for Spring
      3 min read

    • Article

      Start A Home Orchard

      Mar 6, 2023

      Start A Home Orchard
      4 min read

    • Article

      Grow A Bonsai

      Aug 27, 2021

      DID you know you can keep a tree in a pot and make it look like a miniature version of the real deal? The Chinese started doing this as far back as 2 000 years ago but it soon became especially popular in Japan. These days, many people worldwide have

      1 min read

    • Article

      Brains Trust

      Jun 14, 2020

      How do I repair burnt soil? After fire, there remains copious amounts of ash on the ground and this contains potassium carbonates and elements such as phosphorus and magnesium. This is beneficial to all gardens at the rate of one shovelful per square

      3 min read

    • Article

      The Art Of KOKEDAMA

      Jul 9, 2023

      While 1970s-style hanging plant pots are fairly common, kokedama are something else entirely. Kokedama means “moss ball” in Japanese and is a floral art based on the bonsai tradition. Originally intended to display bonsai trees in an alternative way

      2 min read

    • Article

      Propagate Begonias From Tubers

      Feb 8, 2022

      You can listen to Steve on alternate Sundays 10am-2pm on BBC Radio Kent’s Sunday Gardening (BBC Local) THE two types of begonia are the fibrous-rooted, which tend to be the short-lived bedding varieties, and tuberous. Some fibrous types may actually

      3 min read

    • Article

      Fruit Trees But No Fruit

      Mar 6, 2023

      Fruit Trees But No Fruit
      4 min read

    • Article

      How To Grow Bonsai Trees

      Sep 6, 2022

      How To Grow Bonsai Trees
      2 min read

    • Article

      A Way With Weeds

      Apr 13, 2023

      A Way With Weeds
      5 min read

    • Article

      Build Yourself A Beaut bonsa

      Jul 21, 2021

      Tiny but mighty, a bonsai lets you hone your gardening skills and create a work of art that combines all the strengths of a giant tree with the delicacy of fine lace. It allows you to collaborate with nature as you realise a miniaturised version of t

      2 min read

    • Article

      Happy House Plants

      Nov 19, 2020

      Happy House Plants
      4 min read

    • Article

      Caring for Your Cacti

      Jun 22, 2023

      Caring for Your Cacti
      3 min read

    • Article

      Gardening Myths Debunked

      May 28, 2019

      Gardening Myths Debunked
      6 min read

    • Article

      Dig Right In!

      May 2, 2018

      Dig Right In!
      9 min read

    • Article

      Focus On… Mushrooms

      Oct 19, 2021

      Focus On… Mushrooms
      5 min read

    • Article

      ACHIEVE Planting Success

      Jan 25, 2021

      ACHIEVE Planting Success
      5 min read

    • Article

      Get Down And Dirty

      May 5, 2021

      Get Down And Dirty
      6 min read

    • Article

      Walk On The Wild Side

      Apr 11, 2022

      Walk On The Wild Side
      4 min read

    • Article

      MAPLE magic

      Mar 30, 2022

      MAPLE magic
      3 min read

    • Article

      Propagation By Root Cuttings

      Apr 6, 2021

      Propagation By Root Cuttings
      3 min read

    • Article

      Layering your Plants

      Jun 22, 2023

      Layering your Plants
      3 min read

    • Article

      Don’t Be Bamboozled By Bamboo

      Sep 26, 2023

      IT’S long been recognised that once a doctor reveals their occupation at a dinner party, they will find themselves hounded for medical advice. Well, it’s the same for professional horticulturists. When I’m introduced to people at a social gathering,

      4 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Bonsai

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Bonsai - Naoki Shizen

      Introduction

      The name Bonsai comes from a Japanese term that literally means planted in pots; to be more precise, such a name consists of two ideograms 盆栽, which respectively mean: bon tray or container and you know to educate, to cultivate.

      This interpretation gives the right definition to the technique used by the hands of skilled growers who cultivate these extraordinary creatures in pots to educate them to recreate the nature of the trees, limiting their size so much that they can also be contained in the palm of a hand.

      They are reproduced according to the principles of Zen, that is, with simplicity, asymmetry and naturalness. 

      This art spread to the West thanks to some travelers when Japan opened its doors to the rest of the world, after about 230 years of total isolation.

      Despite their very small size, bonsai plants possess all the vitality and energy contained in a large plant.

      Bonsai, in fact, is the specialty of developing trees in limited spaces to copy such natural conditions, for example, age, resistance to severe, distorted or twisted structures, biological systems, or different impacts. Trees

      14  Bonsai

      essentially depend on and are affected by it. Bonsai expects to mimic the generally energizing and superb side effects of nature on small trees.

      Bonsai is not only a secondary interest for the rich and the wealthy, but it involves costs and requires considerable time and responsibility in the remote possibility of being fruitful. 

      The art of cultivating these trees is anything but a static skill. Despite the very accurate standards of old-fashioned practice, there is great inventive potential for the innovative craftsman with the green thumb. Some new old-fashioned styles have been recognized as the old methods, gradually offering an approach to change and improving current methods that will allow manufacturers to do things that were already incredible. Something certain, be that as it may, will suffer, and it is the inclination to satisfaction that emerges from ruminating on the living gem that is a perfect bonsai work of art.

      Getting your bonsai

      Despite the fact that the antiquated philosophical traditions of the Far East expected you to find your bonsai in nature (a mission for yourself), today it is positively much easier (and progressively productive) to get your bonsai from an experienced producer or a tree trader set up. However, it is also possible for the most patient to create their own bonsai, both from seed, from cuttings, from stratification, and from joint. In the next pages are described, step by step, different strategies of union. 

      1. Collection

      We have seen that collecting - finding bonsai in nature - has strongly highlighted the way of thinking of this exceptionally intelligent exercise. For the Buddhist priest or samurai, it was incomprehensible that bonsai could be made in the same way as a typical vegetable. Essential to

      16   Bonsai

      the way of thinking was the arrival at nature, a journey representative of oneself. 

      In Japanese, the mission for a tree in its characteristic environmental factors is called Yamadori and the bonsai that move in this direction are Yamadori Shitate. This has the advantage of allowing you to choose the shape you need, just like a tree that is now quite long, or even decades old. Alternatively, it is rare to discover a tree that fits the built styles. It is regularly more difficult to cope with the natural imperfections of a built tree than to shape a young tree created from seeds, cuttings or stratifications. However, the satisfaction of finding a celestial tree, regardless of whether it does not fit into the styles of construction, can be significant. Before depicting the harvesting techniques, it is also a question of identifying the limits of this formation. 

      Legal Restrictions

      The extent for collecting from nature is, to be honest, limited. The expulsion of plants from the land owned by the state is carefully denied. There are, legitimately, extreme punishments for the expulsion of any type of plant from the forests that are located in a characteristic and protected park. Where the soil is exclusive, you should always, of course, request the permission of the owner to discover the plants. That said, plants must be raised if the soil is not located in a protected park and if the plant is not guaranteed by law. Obviously, the legal limitations are varied and seriously limit the possibility of collecting numerous trees from nature. 

      Where to look

      Whether or not there is a legitimate constraint on the collection, the area, regardless of everything, should be suitable for the realization of potential bonsai subjects. Prevented improvement of trees can only result from negative conditions or from a habitual unforeseen development. This can be achieved from the environment of the territory (high height, for example), poor lighting (for example, dense undergrowth or lasting shade), or even poor soil (in a sandy moorland or in stony soil, perhaps). 

      When to transplant

      All transplants should be carried out during the moderate period of time of the plant before the beginning of the year. The variety of climatic conditions in places where there is a good chance of finding appropriate bonsai material make it difficult to pinpoint the benefit of a particularly extended time frame for transplantation. In any case, in case of doubt, deciduous trees should be transplanted in the fall, and conifers in pre-spring (until mid-spring in smooth areas). In both cases, the plants should not be lifted while the ice persists: the perfect time is after a storm, when the earth is all around sprinkled. 

      How to transplant

      The important foundation of a tree occasionally structures an extravagant system, looking for water in the earth and enhancing it if necessary. To give the raised tree the clearest opportunity to settle, the roots and rootlets should withstand as little damage as possible, the circumstance being what it is. The plant should never be twisted: take the most absurd idea of digging a sufficiently noteworthy channel to ensure that all the roots can be raised, in any case a significant piece of the surrounding land.

      Also, take some earth around the tree to energize the transition from nature to the pot. It is important to raise deciduous trees with a critical piece of land as may be normal; so it is with conifers, which can be transplanted with most of the roots discovered and still have an opportunityforfoundation. 

      Getting around

      The most urgent thing to do is to allow the tree to drink and this is the clarification that is essential to keep them moist during transport. The most common method is to take some greenery, soak it and overlap it with the roots.  On the off chance that you won't be able to discover any green, use cotton wool. The root clod should then be wrapped in plastic or aluminum foil. In the remote case that transportation takes two or three days, the sod must be sprinkled again. For trees with few fine roots, and especially outside the moderate season, spray the tree with vaporized water. Let it dry before the tree is lifted. 

      Before wrapping, the roots should, in a similar way, be washed with a shower. This spray acts as a sealant and prevents the tree from losing its sponginess due to perspiration, thus giving it a dynamic chance to continue optimally with the transplant. Some propose to cut the roots and foliage before transportation, not long after lifting. This includes pruning a fragment of leaves to limit evaporation through the leaves themselves and to make it easier to withdraw water at root level. It resembles a way that allows you to restore the understanding between the branches and the roots. 

      Cut only a little foliage from a tree with different roots and cut only a couple of sources from a tree with small branches and leaves.

      2. Growth from Seed

      Seed cultivation remains the least complex and most normal technique for proliferation, but in no way, patterns, or forms the most reliable. Similarly it requires a lot of tolerance, especially with moderate-growing trees. It can take as many as five years to get a bonsai from a seed.

      How to get the seeds

      Look for wild seeds in autumn. With a little aptitude, you will discover an assortment of seeds around. In any case, you will experience the double problem of finding out from which tree the seed originated and what kind it is. This is not a problem for oak or chestnut seeds, but the problem becomes intense when certain types of conifers develop in a similar place. 

      It should also be emphasized that the chances of effectively developing the seeds found in nature are slim. Some seeds, for example, may have been attacked by pests that impair the germination or effective rotation of the plant, while others may have

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1