Growing Culinary Bay Trees – Laura Nobilis
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Bonsai $30.08 The art of growing miniature potted trees. In Japanese culture these graceful creations are often displayed in living rooms as symbols of the beauty of nature. It is a true art form that requires special techniques such as pruning, wiring, fertilizing, and watering. People not only enjoy its visual appearance but also appreciate the effort put into their creation. In the Edo period, bonsai arose as a popular hobby among the people, and it is still a popular pastime for enthusiasts all over the world. Because people of high birth, such as the imperial family, loved bonsai, it has come to be considered more art than simply a hobby. This book is a collection of exquisite photographs of bonsai grouped by month–featuring many seasonal examples of these miniature trees from January to December. |
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Bonsai Basics $11.54 Tailored to meet the needs of the first time bonsai owner, this book is an extensive directory of every major bonsai type. "Bonsai Basics explains in detail all the techniques needed to keep a bonsai alive and in good shape. Clear text and step-by-step illustrations ensure that even the most nervous newcomer can approach looking after bonsai with confidence. Filled with over 120 specially commissioned photographs and illustrations, the New Pyramid Bonsai Basics is an extensive directory of both indoor and outdoor trees and their characteristics. |
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Cluster of Bonsai Japanese Maple Trees, New York $39.99 Darlyne A. Murawski Cluster of Bonsai Japanese Maple Trees, New York – Photographic Print |
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Successful Bonsai: Raising Exotic Miniature Trees $19.89 "An essential reference for growing indoor and outdoor bonsai." The popularity of raising exotic miniature trees continues to grow, with bonsai gardeners cultivating tropical and subtropical species. Successful Bonsai is an essential reference, providing a wide range of bonsai styles and shapes, along with step-by-step instructions and illustrations that expertly guide the gardener through the many pruning and wiring techniques. This easy-to-use book explains how to grow bonsai both indoors and outdoors; features an illustrated A-Z list of bonsai species with detailed descriptions of 80 plants, including 15 classic species; and recommends a proven pruning regimen. It includes information on: Choosing appropriate training styles Cultivating and propagating Dealing with diseases and pests Shaping an established plant Sowing seedlings Building a collection. Successful Bonsai is not only an informative and practical guide, but also a superb source of inspiration. It will instill confidence in the beginner and spark the imagination of the experienced bonsai artist. |
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Indoor Bonsai $3.95 The vast varieties of miniature trees you can grow indoors (including mini-bonsai trees only 3-6 inches tall), with color photos of spectacular examples. "Excellent guide…with specifics on individual plants."–"The New York Times. |
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Bloody Bonsai $3.95 James P. (Jim) Dandy, a grieving widower, could hardly believe he’d agreed to go to an Elderhostel to learn to grow and care for bonsai trees. He didn’t feel up to meeting new people alone. But Jim went and he met some real corkers – artist Dodee Swisher who set his heart on fire; his gruff, ex-army-man roommate; a raven-haired gymnast who exercised on the balcony every morning. Any one of them could have rammed that bonsai tree into the chest of a motel employee, but the authorities were clearly focusing their attention on Jim and Dodee… |
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Ortho’s All about Bonsai $4.04 Plant gallery shows 55 species of trees, shrubs, and woody plants adapted to bonsai culture. Ideas to display and design bonsai to fit existing home decor and gardens. Details several bonsai styles as well as techniques for dwarfing and training to bonsai form. Dozens of tips for seasonal care, including how to maintain, water, fertilize, prune, and shape. |
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The Bonsai Handbook $18.66 The exquisite art of bonsai is beautifully explained in this authoritative, practical handbook, which takes readers from a first foray into the world of miniature trees to a level of considerable expertise. It’s packed with information and illustrations detailing every facet of this classic hobby, from aesthetics and anatomy to cultivation, propagation and pruning. A beautiful photographic compendium displays the top 24 species, both outdoor and indoor. |
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Growing Bonsai Indoors $13.1 After the great success of "Indoor Bonsai," Brooklyn Botanic Garden has done it again This is truly a one-stop-shop that provides everything bonsai aficionados need to know about buying, growing, and styling their plants with confidence through sustainable and organic practices. With fully illustrated color photos and line drawings, "Growing Bonsai Indoors" presents 20 common and unusual tropical and subtropical trees that are best suited for indoor cultivation. With illuminating articles written by some of the top North American bonsai experts including Julian Velasco, curator of the Bonsai Collection at Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Pauline Muth, president of the American Bonsai Society–keeping bonsai alive and thriving indoors has never been easier. |
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Classic Bonsai of Japan $68.72 Enter the fascinating world of bonsai, the centuries-old gardening art form of cultivating trees as potted plants. Refined to a high art in Japan, bonsai offers not only the familiar gardening delights but also, at its highest levels, a philosophical and aesthetic communion with nature. Here in CLASSIC BONSAI OF JAPAN, the Nippon Bonsai Association, Japan’s preeminent voice of the bonsai tradition, introduces a collection of the finest bonsai pieces to be found in Japan today-some of them presented to a Western audience for the first time. Over 130 full color and 48 black-and-white plates of priceless specimens with informative commentary provide a definitive tour of the bonsai world-from a 15-year-old flowering cherry to a majestic 1,000-year-old Yezo spruce. The notes for each piece offer insights into the balance, style, harmony, and overall aesthetic effect along with comments on the history of its cultivation at the hands of several generations of bonsai masters. John Bester brings his intimate knowledge of Japanese culture and sensibility to an elegant interpretation of bonsai art specifically adapted to Western readers. Essays on appreciation, history, and aesthetics further invite readers to enjoy this "natural" art on an informed level. A feast for the eyes as well as a lasting monument to the history of an artistic tradition, this deluxe volume is sure to delight the bonsai enthusiast, garden hobbyist, lover of things Japanese-indeed anyone with an interest in looking at art and nature in unison. |
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Bonsai with Japanese Maples $32.13 With their delicate foliage, seasonal color changes, and intricate pattern of branching, Japanese maples are among the most popular and suitable plants for bonsai design. In this long-awaited book, internationally renowned expert Peter Adams discusses both the specific horticultural needs of Japanese maples as bonsai subjects and illustrates proven techniques for creating and maintaining beautiful specimens. Although aimed at an audience that has some familiarity with bonsai techniques, the book deliberately shows a mix of bonsai at different stages in their training, so that less experienced enthusiasts can gain new ideas and inspiration from trees that are "works in progress." Much more than a mere "how-to" book, "Bonsai with Japanese Maples" is a forthright attempt to look at bonsai as art objects and to critique and assess them from an artist’s perspective. |
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Bonsai Master Class $22.58 Join the contemporary artists around the world who are refining and developing the ancient art of bonsai. Find out about state-of-the-art tools invented by Ken Moore. See how Rob Clausen uses latex and fiberglass to create dramatic groupings of trees on a rock base. Explore the breakthrough methods of Singapore’s bonsai masters, with inspiring examples of the results. Covering both basic and advanced techniques and illustrated with step-by-step photographs taken over months, "Bonsai Master Class" is designed to guide the reader on an artistic journey. It provides expert tips throughout on buying bonsai, seasonal care, horticultural requirements for different climates, and distinctive ways to display the results. |
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The Secret Techniques of Bonsai: A Guide to Starting, Raising, and Shaping Bonsai $27.38 In The Secret Techniques of Bonsai, the author of the groundbreaking Bonsai With American Trees teams up with his son to offer not only the basics for creating perfect bonsai, but also secret techniques they’ve developed over years of careful work and observation. The Kawasumis provide detailed, easy-to-follow information about growing bonsai from seedlings or beginner plants; expert advice on shaping, pruning, training, grafting and repotting trees; and new techniques for using tools. And, although the Kawasumi family is worldrenowned for their bonsai tool design, their instructions allow gardeners to improvise with other readily-accessible bonsai, gardening or even simple workshop tools. Step-by-step photographs accompany the text, many in full-color. Masakuni Kawasumi III, the first qualified tree doctor for bonsai in Japan, contributes his unique insights to make this an invaluable resource for beginners and experienced enthusiasts alike. |
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Keibun Tanaka Pruning One of His 5,000 Bonsai Trees in Garden of His Home in Suburb of Tokyo $79.99 Alfred Eisenstaedt Keibun Tanaka Pruning One of His 5,000 Bonsai Trees in Garden of His Home in Suburb of Tokyo – Premium Photographic Print |
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Low-Maintenance Bonsai $3.95 Growing miniature trees is now simpler than ever before. Noted Bonsai expert and best-selling author Herb Gustafson has made this ancient art accessible to anyone by presenting shortcuts, new ideas, handy tricks, and time-saving techniques for every aspect of successful Bonsai growing. Begin by carefully choosing a pot by taking into account its size, shape, color, and material. Next select your plant. Handy lists, including recommended plants for beginners and one of plants to avoid, help you find the species that’s right for your climate, schedule, and personality. Prepare your soil and get ready to train your Bonsai. Learn to shape with and without wire and by using weights, clamps, and turnbuckles. Important information is also included on repotting, watering, dealing with pests and diseases, and other care and maintenance concerns. Glorious full-color photographs showcasing beautiful, thriving Bonsai will inspire you to get started. By eliminating the common pitfalls into which beginners tend to fall, this unique handbook turns a once daunting activity into a joyous, peaceful pastime. 96 pages (all in color), 6 1/4 x 10 1/4. |
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Trees Covering the High-Rises and Skyscrapers in Downtown Houston, Texas $29.99 Trees Covering the High-Rises and Skyscrapers in Downtown Houston, Texas – Photographic Print |
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Bonsai Secrets By Chan, Peter $24.4 A complete guide to the oriental art of bonsai teaches the craft of creating dwarf trees and plants and developing them into aesthetically appealing shapes, unveiling the secrets of successful growing, shaping, and design and furnishing a wealth of practical tips on care, fertilizing, pest control, and maintenance. Original. Author: Chan, Peter Subtitle: Designing, Growing And Caring for Your Miniature Masterpieces Publication Date: 2006/03/23 Number of Pages: 176 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 8.00 Height: 10.75 |
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Choosing and Growing Bonsai $5.24 Bonsai are both eye-catching and extremely popular-and this directory of more than 80 trees details their characteristics and explains how to look after them to get the best results. With stunning photography, and detailed instructions for choosing and growing a plant, it’s ideal for both beginners and enthusiasts alike. There’s advice on essential tools and getting started, on maintaining trees throughout the year, and on solving such frequently encountered problems as dropped or browning leaves. Techniques for nurturing and styling your plant will help you make to make the most of this horticultural art form, and guarantee that your tree stays healthy and beautiful for years to come. |
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Totally Bonsai: A Guide to Growing, Shaping, and Caring for Miniature Trees and Shrubs $25.61 Creating your own bonsai is simple, calming, and serene, and best of all, it lets you bring the outdoors inside, even if you don’t have a lot of space. Learn everything you need to know to become accompished at the art of bonsai growing-how to pick a plant, what tools you’ll need, and how to trim and style your plant. At the heart of the book is a species directory with 10 easy-to-grow plants that are great for getting started, as well as another 40 species that need a little more care. |
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The Bonsai Specialist: The Essential Guide to Buying, Planting, Displaying, Improving and Caring for Bonsai $11.55 With topics ranging from watering and feeding to spirit and aesthetics, this is an all-in-one guide to the art of the bonsai. It features advice on looking for and raising trees; handling pests and diseases; using composts; potting; choosing containers; pruning the plants; and displaying them. A convenient A-Z guide covers virtually every species of indoor and outdoor tree. |
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Beginning Bonsai Beginning Bonsai: The Gentle Art of Miniature Tree Growing the Gentle Art of Miniature Tree Growing $3.95 Writing for those with no bonsai experience, Larry and Shirley Student cover everything from buying the first plant to creating a miniature landscape of rocks, grasses and trees. In between, they describe different bonsai styles, list important tools, explain pruning and pinching and introduce procedures like defoliation. In short, the authors cover all aspects of bonsai, anticipating common problems and offering practical advice gained from years of working with plants. Kurt Seastrand, past president of the Northeast Bonsai Association raves, "A wonderful book for anyone intrigued by bonsai but hesitant to start. It provides the beginner the excitement and confidence to launch into this fascinating hobby." |
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Corona Mini Houseplant Shears FS4310 $36.13 For delicate work such as orchids or Bonsai trees |
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Bonsai Secrets: Designing, Growing, and Caring for Your Miniature Masterpieces $18.43 In this beautifully presented book you’ll find: – Advice on the best types of bonsai to grow – Tips and shortcuts, dos and don’ts, questions and answers – Growing secrets, including soil, repotting and cutting roots, fertilizing, dealing with disease, and caring for your trees through the seasons – 30 key step-by-step techniques to achieve every kind of bonsai shape, style, and group – A wealth of information for experienced enthusiasts as well as newcomers to bonsai – Troubleshooting and maintenance methods Learn the insider’s techniques for making your bonsai thrive and live to a good age–all revealed in Bonsai Secrets. |
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Growing Bonsai Indoors (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide) $3.99 After the great success of Indoor Bonsai, Brooklyn Botanic Garden has done it again! This is truly a one-stop-shop that provides everything bonsai aficionados need to know about buying, growing, and styling their plants with confidence through sustainable and organic practices. With fully illustrated color photos and line drawings, Growing Bonsai Indoors presents 20 common and unusual tropical and subtropical trees that are best suited for indoor cultivation. With illuminating articles written by some of the top North American bonsai experts including Julian Velasco, curator of the Bonsai Collection at Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Pauline Muth, president of the American Bonsai Society – keeping bonsai alive and thriving indoors has never been easier. |
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The Living Art of Bonsai: Principles & Techniques of Cultivation & Propagation $18.67 "With 288 color pages, Liang’s is one of the best books on the subject]. Her book includes a breath-taking photo gallery of bonsai, basic styles, group planting, plant physiology, cultivation, propagation, transplanting and repotting, and training and dwarfing–in other words, everything the bonsai grower needs to know."–"Booklist" Cultivating bonsai is a fine art, and this extravagantly produced volume, filled with hundreds upon hundreds of lavish full-color photographs, showcases the very best and most beautiful specimens. Many of the trees have won international awards, were gifts bestowed by heads of state, and have been featured in TV documentaries. Some have even been the subjects of a commemorative stamp series. Professor Amy Liang, a world-famous leader in the field, surveys the history of bonsai in its many schools and styles, and offers practical techniques and highly detailed instructions for those who want to shape and nurture their own trees. The remarkable images display dazzling miniature evergreens, flowering and fruited trees, and their foliage. |
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Berroco Bonsai Pattern Booklet # 255 $6.85 Built around the lovely, supple drape of “Bonsai” ribbon yarn, this pattern book gives you 7 terrific tops, cardigans, jackets & accessories. Many styles & tastes are covered including touches of lace and simple shapes like an empire-line wrap, ballet-neck pullover, V-neck tunic, short-sleeved cardigan & raglan tee. 12 pages.Click here for additional images. |
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The Sphagnum Moss Bonsai Method By Levitt, Gerald M. $47.39 Book explains a huge improvement over traditional practices, growing bonsai trees in sphagnum moss, producing beautiful results with far less work than the traditional method, making the process much quicker and easier, opening the hobby to a wider range of enthusiasts. Topics for success include watering, pruning, antifungicides and insecticides, bonsai styles and diagnosing problems Provided by publisher. Author: Levitt, Gerald M. Subtitle: An Illustrated Handbook Publication Date: 2011/08/31 Number of Pages: 175 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 0.75 Width: 7.00 Height: 10.00 |
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Houston $10 Houston |
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Indoor Bonsai For Beginners By Busch, Werner M. $19.27 A useful guide to growing successful, thriving bonsai trees covers a wide range of topicsincluding soil, watering, pest control, pruning, and much morein an accessible AtoZ format. Original. Author: Busch, Werner M. Subtitle: Selection Care Training Publication Date: 2005/03/16 Number of Pages: 110 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 6.75 Height: 9.50 |
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Frontier Natural Products Coop 214675 New World Music Compact Disc Relaxation Bonsai Garden $27.39 The Master and the Moment 25:35 and Loud Trees 25:49 Total Running Time 51:27. The delicate beauty of a Bonsai garden is the perfect setting for contemplation and meditation and this album perfectly captures the atmosphere of this special place. Many traditional Japanese instruments have been used such as Shaku Wood flute Dragon drum and Koto along with guitar keyboards windchimes and other sounds to reflect the same peace and stillness that can be found in the art of Bonsai. Bonsai requres a communion with the nature of the trees love harmonious positive music and midori is a masterful composer that draws us into the Bonsai garden where wee can find our own spiritual awakening. |
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no.SF560 bonsai $16.76 ca_product_FacetsTypeTattoo – no.SF560 bonsai; |
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Berroco Seduce & Bonsai Pattern Booklet #283 $6.85 This booklet from Berroco includes 8 projects created with “Bonsai” and “Seduce” yarns. Cool and comfortable and perfect for warm weather! Patterns include cardigans, a jacket, tops, a wrap, and a trendy vest. The garments are sized up to 2X so this is a great resource for knitting stylish plus-size pieces. 15 pages.Click here for additional images. |
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Berroco Bonsai .2 Pattern Booklet #271 $6.85 You won’t want to miss out on Spring and Summer pattern collection. You’ll find 7 breezy pieces to knit with “Bonsai” yarn: a lacy tank, a corrugated shrug/cardigan, a baby doll empire vest, a twisted cropped top, a sleeveless wrap and tie vest, and a shoulder bag. 8 pages.Click here for additional images. |
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Alcatel 256 KB/S Href Modem 9029680100B $234.45 Alcatel 256 KB/S Href Modem 9029680100B |
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Nearly Natural 4121 12 inch Bonsai Silk Plant Collection Set of 3 Green $83.75 Why settle for one when you can have three. This vibrant little group of Bonsai trees will bring a little of that Oriental magic to your home or office. Perfectly sized at 12 and in their own decorative pots these beautiful trees look so real people will be asking you to teach them to Bonsai . 8.5 in x 12 in x 5 in. Pot sizeWidth 4 in Height 2.5 in Length 6 in |
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Nearly Natural 4121 12 Inch Bonsai Silk Plant Collection Set Of 3 $83.75 Why settle for one when you can have three? This vibrant little group of Bonsai trees will bring a little of that Oriental magic to your home or office. Perfectly sized at 12rdquo; and in their own decorative pots these beautiful trees look so real people will be asking you to teach them to ldquo;Bonsairdquo;. |
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Azalea Bonsai $79.99 Richard Henson Azalea Bonsai – Framed Art Print |
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Bonsai I $59.99 Charlene Audrey Bonsai I – Framed Art Print |
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Bonsai II $59.99 Charlene Audrey Bonsai II – Framed Art Print |
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Bonsai III $59.99 Charlene Audrey Bonsai III – Framed Art Print |
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Bonsai IV $64.99 Charlene Audrey Bonsai IV – Framed Art Print |
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Bonsai Pear $249.99 Lydia Marano Bonsai Pear – Art on Acrylic |
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Autumn Bonsai $24.99 L. Toshio Kishiyama Autumn Bonsai – Photographic Print |
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Contemporary Pink Bonsai $19.99 Contemporary Pink Bonsai – Wall Decal |
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Japanese Girls with Bonsai $49.99 Japanese Girls with Bonsai – Giclee Print |
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Bonsai Sacred Tree $14.99 Bonsai Sacred Tree – Art Print |
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Bonsai Regular $29 Download the Bonsai Regular font for Mac or Windows in OpenType, TrueType or PostScript format. |
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Bonsai Italic $29 Download the Bonsai Italic font for Mac or Windows in OpenType, TrueType or PostScript format. |
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Rusty Bonsai S/S Tee $22 Rusty Bonsai S/S Tee |
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Bonsai Cave Tree $59.99 OM Bonsai Cave Tree – Giclee Print |
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Bonsai Poets Tree $59.99 OM Bonsai Poets Tree – Giclee Print |
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Bonsai Immortality Tree $59.99 OM Bonsai Immortality Tree – Giclee Print |
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Zen Bonsai I $129.99 Jennifer Goldberger Zen Bonsai I – Art Print |
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Zen Bonsai III $129.99 Jennifer Goldberger Zen Bonsai III – Art Print |
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H.O.U.S.T.O.N. $10 H.O.U.S.T.O.N. – G.T. & DJ Drama |
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Plants for Houston and the Gulf Coast $22.07 Whether you’re a first-time homeowner, dedicated gardener, or landscape professional, if you’re gardening on the Gulf Coast, you need Howard Garrett’s Plants for Houston and the Gulf Coast. Garrett is one of Texas’s top organic gardening experts, and gardeners rely on him for accurate, sensible advice about what to plant and how to maintain healthy yards and landscapes without synthetic fertilizers and toxic pesticides. In Plants for Houston and the Gulf Coast, Garrett presents nearly 400 plants, both native and adapted, that grow well in Southeast Texas. Like all of Howard Garrett’s books, Plants for Houston and the Gulf Coast is loaded with indispensable gardening information: – Nearly 400 trees, shrubs, groundcovers and vines, annuals and perennials, and grasses – 400 full-color, close-up photos of the plants – Expert information about each plant’s appearance, growing requirements, landscape uses, potential problems, and other interesting facts – Precise, easy-to-follow instructions about how to design a garden, prepare the soil, install trees and other plants, grow grass and control weeds, and maintain the landscape and control pests – A detailed gardening calendar for Southeast Texas that lists specific plants to plant and maintenance tasks to perform each month No other book currently available provides such extensive and reliable information for Texas Gulf Coast gardeners. |
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Hotel Bonsai $72.51 Local attractions surrounding Hotel Bonsai include S’Albufera Natural Park. Hotel Features. Hotel Bonsai features a restaurant and a bar/lounge. The hotel serves a complimentary buffet breakfast. Recreational amenities include an indoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness facility. High speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge) is available in public areas. Guest parking is complimentary. Additional property amenities include an elevator (lift). Guestrooms. Air conditioned guestrooms at Hotel Bonsai feature safes. All accommodations have balconies. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations. Wired high speed Internet access is available for a surcharge. Satellite television is provided. |
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