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Title: Totally Bonsai: A Guide to Growing, Shaping, and Caring for Miniature Trees and Shrubs by Craig Coussins ISBN: 0-8048-3420-2 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: November, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful beginners book
Comment: "What else would I need than this book when learning about Bonsai? I recommend it fully and suggest that it should be on everyone's bookshelf, or at least in his or her hands"
When you start growing Bonsai, it is hard to work your way through all the titles available. I first bought a book called Bonsai for Beginners by the same author and while this was a very nice book, it was not only geared to beginners but also to more advanced growers. This new book is a revelation. Beautifully laid out, the practical guide to Growing Bonsai is the first book I have read that truly spells it out. It is lavishly illustrated and very well written that it is more than a reference book. It has become a 'read'.
The Practical Guide is just that. It covers all the basic information that you, as a Bonsai Grower in the early stages of this wonderful hobby, need to learn to understand what is to be done. A real beginners book but written by someone who understands what a real teacher needs to speak about when speaking to a newcomer. Craig Coussins writes in a very one to one style and I really felt that he was with me every step of 'his' way. This is a great book!
Clear instructions filled with some gorgeous photographs looks at all the techniques that I need to know. Charts explain the right times of the year to do the work and completed by a species list of all the most popular Bonsai that beginners should try.
Therefore, what else would I need than this book when learning about Bonsai? I recommend it fully and suggest that it should be on everyone's bookshelf, or at least in his or her hands.
Rating: 5
Summary: Bonsai inforamtiopn for the complete beginner
Comment: What is vastly different about this book and most other Bonsai books is one simple premise. It is this. When you start Bonsai you are afraid that growing such a plant will take many years. Most folk can be put off by the fact that they believe they will need 30 years to produce a Bonsai that looks old. Craig Coussins new book explodes that myth.
In his first book, Bonsai for Beginners, Craig Coussins covered a vast range of subjects up to intermediate but in Totally Bonsai, the title used in North America, ('Growing Bonsai' elsewhere)he uses Bonsai throughout the book that are rarely over five years old. But what Bonsai. Some of these trees are wonderful and extremely beautiful. Gone are the seedlings in a plastic pot, Craig Coussins really shows you what you are capable of. This shows the newcomer exactly how much they can achieve in a short period of time. Many of the trees are also shown in winter so that you can really see the branch structure and shape under the leaves. Most of the trees are easily available as shrubs or garden centre material which makes life a lot simpler for the complete novice.
The unique section written by his friend Salvatore Liporace and his student Luigi Maggione, highly respected Bonsai Masters from Italy, also shows how you can, within Craig's five year period, take basic raw material and turn it into a masterpiece when you have understood the basics and focussed on the techniques.
This well liked Bonsai International Teacher has kept to his remit in writing a book that is truly for the beginner and it is recommended as a very good read. A great present for a friend just starting out.
One interesting thing is also his sensitive dedication to his mentor, John Yoshio Naka, the respected American Bonsai Master and one of the top five Bonsai Masters in the world.
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Title: The Complete Book of Bonsai by Harry Tomlinson ISBN: 1558591184 Publisher: Abbeville Press, Inc. Pub. Date: March, 1991 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Indoor Bonsai For Beginners: Selection * Care * Training by Werner Busch ISBN: 0706375831 Publisher: Sterling Publishing Pub. Date: 30 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Bonsai Survival Manual: Tree-By-Tree Guide to Buying, Maintaining, and Problem Solving by Colin Lewis ISBN: 0882668536 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Bonsai (Rd Home Handbooks) by Harry Tomlinson ISBN: 0895776472 Publisher: Readers Digest Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Bonsai Handbook by Colin Lewis, David Prescott ISBN: 1859747086 Publisher: New Holland Pub. Date: 31 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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