This book is sure to become your go-to reference for all things bonsai. Beautifully illustrated with details and views a camera simply can't show, Introduction to Bonsai offers a unique and insightful look at these mini ecosystems.

This complete guide contains all the information you need to create and maintain your own bonsai:

• Handy monthly bonsai maintenance schedules detail proper watering, pruning, wiring, transplanting and other upkeep activities throughout the year
• Leaves, fruits, flowers, and processes are presented up-close to help make growing and upkeep as successful and simple as possible
• Diagrams show where, how much, and in what direction pruning, wiring, watering and other maintenance should be performed
• Clear, detailed illustrations of every part of the bonsai ensure that you'll see everything you need to see, exactly as you need to see it--making this a great resource for collectors and enthusiasts at all levels

• Flowering Bonsai--cherry blossom, dogwood, azalea and lilac
• Fruiting Bonsai--crab apple, persimmon, Chinese quince and burning bush
• Coniferous and Deciduous Bonsai--maple, Japanese beech, black pine and salt cedar

Kyosuke Gun has been a botanical illustrator and bonsai practitioner for nearly fifty years, growing approximately 450 species and nearly 5000 plants over five decades of raising bonsai.