A Guide to Growing Bonsai

This is a guide to the basics of growing bonsai. The following sections should give you a good overview of what is involved with growing your own bonsai.

• Introduction
• Principles of Bonsai
• Choosing a Style
• Bonsai Plant Selection Guide
• Obtaining Plants
• Shaping Your Bonsai
• Containers for Bonsai
• Potting
• Repotting
• Growth Media
• Seasonal Care
• Propagating your own Bonsai
• Displaying your Bonsai

These materials were adapted from:

United States Department of Agriculture
Home and Garden Bulletin No. 206
Prepared by Henry M. Cathey
Plant Genetics and Germplasm Institute
Northeastern Region
Agricultural Research Service