Miniature Bonsai: The Complete Guide to Super-Mini Bonsai — Terutoshi Iwai

Discover the fascinating world of bonsai small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Miniature Bonsai: The Complete Guide to Super-Mini Bonsai by Terutoshi Iwai is a beautifully illustrated, hands-on guide to creating and maintaining incredibly small bonsai. Iwai, a pioneer of the super-mini bonsai movement, shows that creating impressive bonsai doesn't require a large tree, or a large amount of space.

With more than 200 full-color photographs, this book walks readers through the entire process of developing miniature bonsai, from selecting suitable plant material and preparing soil to choosing tiny pots, shaping trees, and providing the ongoing care necessary to keep them healthy.

Readers will learn how to work with seeds and cuttings, select species suited for miniature bonsai, choose appropriate containers, train and shape young trees, and maintain them as they develop. The book features familiar bonsai species including pines, maples, oaks, junipers, and other plants that can be transformed into miniature living works of art.

What makes this book especially enjoyable is its accessibility. Super-mini bonsai can be an affordable and creative way to explore bonsai while experimenting with species, containers, compositions, and techniques on a completely different scale.

Great for: Beginners, experienced bonsai enthusiasts looking for a new challenge, collectors of mame and shohin bonsai, and anyone fascinated by creating beautiful trees in incredibly small containers.

Whether you already enjoy small bonsai or simply want to try something completely different, this book provides the inspiration and practical instruction needed to start creating a miniature bonsai collection of your own.

80 pages | Hardcover | Over 200 color photographs | 8" × 10"