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Page iii Herbal Bonsai Practicing the Art with Fast-Growing Herbs Richard W. Bender

Page iv Copyright 1996 by Richard W. Bender Published by STACKPOLE BOOKS 5067 Ritter Road Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form or by in means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Stackpole Books, 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055. Printed in the United States of America Cover design by Tina Marie Hill Illustrations by Becki Bender Photograph credits: Richard W. Bender, pp. 8, 11, 29, 30, 74, 75, 77, 81, 83, 84, 96 Scott Elmquist, front cover, pp. 46, 60, 65, 88 Anita Golden, back cover, color section First edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bender, Richard W. Herbal bonsai : practicing the art with fast-growing herbs/ Richard W. Bender. 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8117-2788-2 1. Bonsai. 2. Herbs. I. Title. SB433.5.B44 1996 635.9'772dc20 95-50604 CIP

Page v To the memory of my father, Richard R. Bender When I was just a lad, he taught me how to grow plants. He encouraged and supported me in growing a large vegetable garden and starting a successful produce stand that sold our harvest in the neighborhood for twenty years. He taught me the value of hard work and set me on the path that supports his grandchildren today. They in turn are learning, working, and earning in our family bonsai business. He has left a legacy that will last for generations.

Page vii Contents Preface ix 1 History and Change in the Art of Bonsai 1 2 Selecting the Right Herb 6 3 Training Your Herbal Bonsai Candidate 18 4 Developing a Mature Bonsai in One Growing Season 32 5 Potting Your Field-grown Bonsai 40 6 Shaping Your Field-grown Bonsai 45 7 Training a Container-grown Bonsai 59 8 Caring for Your Herbal Bonsai 68 9 Dressing up Your Bonsai 79 10 Displaying Herbal Bonsai 91 Afterword 97 References and Resources 99

Page ix Preface There are those who protest that herbs are an unsuitable subject for true bonsai. A few artists have experimented with rosemary or other herbs, often with some amusement or even a comment like "This is not real bonsai." If you believe bonsai must be hundreds of years old, I hope your grandchildren appreciate it when your potted trees become bonsai. But if a bonsai is an artistic representation in a pot of a magnificent aged tree, then a one-and-a-half-year-old dwarf basil that may not survive another year can be a beautiful bonsai specimen. Don't let the rigid rules of tradition blind your view. Open up to the extended possibilities of bonsai as well as life.

Page 1 1 History and Change in the Art of Bonsai Bonsai is the art of training a tree to grow on a small scale in a container yet resemble a full-size, aged tree as seen in the wild. The word bonsai originally comes from the two Chinese characters p'en and tsai, meaning a potted tree. The Japanese translated p'en tsai to bonsai, by which it has become known all over the world. The first misperception to clear up about bonsai is the pronunciation. There seems to be great confusion about how to pronounce this word. This matters a great deal because of the connotations associated with these different pronunciations and the philosophical underpinnings of the art of bonsai. Bonsai is commonly mispronounced banzai, like the war cry uttered by kamikaze warriors in Hollywood's B movies as they dive their planes into ships. This is a violent expression of death and destruction, an ending. Properly pronounced, the word is bone-sigh, which can evoke a mystical feeling of hard-soft beauty appropriate to a choice subject of this centuries-old art form: hard because of the gnarled, aged appearance of these trees and the severe treatmentwhether by man or naturerequired to develop a good bonsai; soft because of the delicate beauty and gracefulness exhibited by the best bonsai specimens. Unlike static art forms such as a drawing or painting, a bonsai is a living work of art, a live "sculpture" that never stops growing or changing. Such a piece of art is never finished, and old bonsai are often handed down from father to son, with specimens more than 250 years old in existence. This concept dominates the philosophy underlying bonsai. More

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