Bonsai Trees

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Bonsai Trees

• Your step-by-step manual for a beautiful bonsai

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Introduction

• Our website
• About bonsai and the Eastern culture
• From tree to bonsai
• Nurturing
• Training
• Styles
• Which trees?
• Shops

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Our website

• Website Bonsai Trees (iccp06)

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About Bonsai and the Eastern culture

• What is a bonsai?
• Origin
• China
• Japan
• Eastern culture
• Bonsai as understanding nature
• Japanese vs. Western garden

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From tree to bonsai

• Seeds
• Cuttings
• Wild sets
• Suitable sets for bonsais
• Searching for the right set
• Collecting wild sets
• Putting the set in a pot

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Nurturing

• Positioning
• Wintering
• Irrigation
• Soil
• Replanting
• Disease

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Training

• Nipping the buds
• Leaf cutting
• Pruning
• Wiring

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Styles

• Formal upright
• Informal upright

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Styles

• Slanting
• Cascade

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Styles

• Semi-cascade
• Multiple trunks

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Styles

• Group plantings
• Planting on rocks

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Which trees

• Most suitable trees
• A few considerations

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Shops

• Bonsai Trees gt Shops