This is a collection of three bonsai books comprising:
1) Indoor Bonsai A comprehensive guide to keeping indoor bonsai trees for beginners, with all you need to know to start off on the wonderful hobby of bonsai. Whether you are already passionate about bonsai or considering adding to your collection, this book will give you give you a valuable insight into keeping bonsai in your home. Includes information on twenty-one of the best varieties suitable for indoor bonsai and guides to sunlight levels, watering feeding and maintenance, and 29 photos.
2) How to Grow your own Bonsai Trees from Seed Growing bonsai trees from seed is surprisingly easy and can be an incredibly rewarding experience. Germination on many types of tree seed is good with a large percentage achieving germination if fresh seed of the correct types of seed are chosen.
Contrary to what many people may think growing trees from seed can be fast and growth is quite rapid on many varieties. Most of all this can be done on a small budget and in no time at all you will be able to have plenty of small trees of different varieties to grow and train into bonsai.
This eBook will teach you the basic principles of seed sowing, from how to choose the best varieties, whether to collect or buy the seed, and how to sow the seed with advice on caring for the seedlings. It will also give a description of how to treat all the most popular tree seed types for bonsai.
As a hobby, keeping bonsai is an extremely rewarding experience and when one grows the bonsai trees from seed it is even more so as you can develop a personal relationship with each tree having seen its development from germination to tree.
One of the main advantages of growing trees from seed is that it costs so little, and if the seeds are personally collected then there is no outlay at all which is even more satisfying.
Whether you live in a tropical country in the southern hemisphere or in a cool temperate region of the northern hemisphere, the treatment of seeds for sowing may be different. This book has links to excellent online suppliers of tree and other seeds, researched over many years by the author.
3) How to Care for your Chinese Elm Bonsai Tree More Chinese Elms are sold as bonsai trees worldwide than any other variety. If you have bought or been given a bonsai tree as a present, the chances are that it will be a Chinese Elm. These are brilliant trees for a beginner to start out on bonsai and are the first choice for many people when buying a bonsai. This book will provide all the basic care information required for these amazing trees, whether you wish to keep your bonsai indoors or outdoors. Using the tips and advice provided will ensure that your Chinese Elm bonsai receives the best care to flourish and grow healthily. Also included is information on growing these trees from seed. Complete with an active table of contents, and 11 photos of these very special bonsai trees. This edition has recently been revised to include more photos and is an easy to read guide to most bonsai.