TOP 5 BONSAI BOOKS

A huge portion of my learning about bonsai as a beginner came from reading. Pictures of well trained bonsai are priceless when you are wanting to learn more about your own bonsai trees and how they should or could look over time.

Finding books that have relevant and helpful guidance for any level of enthusiast is important.

All of these books I have in my collection and have read cover to cover (some more that once) and I continually go back to them for inspiration and guidance with my own trees.

It is surprising how many times I have gone back to a book to look something up and learnt or remember certain things that have helped improve my bonsai. As you go through each stage of your learning certain areas become more important to have an understanding of, and that is why having some of these books in your own collection would be of great benefit if you are serious about learning the art of Bonsai.

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Bonsai Survival Manual: Tree-by-Tree Guide to Buying, Maintaining, and Problem Solving
This book was recommended to me when I first began bonsai. A great source of information on individual species of bonsai. It outlines the conditions, soil type, light requirements and even pests and diseases that effect each variety.

Simon & Schuster's Guide To Bonsai (Nature Guide Series)
This book has around 150 colour photos in it of some of the best trees I've seen. The book is not very big but certainly covers areas from the basics, like potting and positioning to fertilising and watering of your bonsai. I like it mainly for the photos.

Bonsai (Rd Home Handbooks)
Harry Tomlinson would have to be one of the leading experts in bonsai in the world. His book Bonsai (I have the pocket encyclopaedia version), is really well set out full of great examples of quality bonsai and everything a beginner to an expert needs to know on the subject of bonsai

The Living Art of Bonsai: Principles & Techniques of Cultivation & Propagation
This book by Professor Amy Liang based more around the Chinese style of bonsai and the full page photos are magnificent, most of which I believe are from Amy's own collection.

Bonsai Gardening Secrets
This ebook I brought some years ago and would say it was one of the biggest eye openers for me when it comes to bonsai.
It highlighted areas on my trees that for years I could see something wasn't quite right but wasn't sure why, after reading this book I now know why and have been able to improve some of my trees considerably just by going back to the rules set out in this book. Not a lot of photos, but a huge amount of great information.

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