I have known and fell in love with black pine bonsai, since I had learn about bonsai for two years from a foreign book on how to palm and develop bonsai by using directly, so that I gradually master it. When I instructed that book, I saw a picture of black languish and Cemara (Juniperes) bonsai that were so beautiful and full-bodied. Even more so the black ache with its cracked bark so that it looked old, démodé and formal. According to Taiwanese bonsai grower, black pine could exist in both winter and summer. In those seasons, its leaves are still green and flourishing, so that we can call it evergreen tree. From books I have read, I’m sure that this tree could farm in tropical area. From that time, I had been place to get that openhearted of tree and tried to set and assume it in Indonesia.
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Here is a Helpful book called The Bonsai Handbook it is a practical guide to the whole ancient art of bonsai development and care, it draws on the expertise of david prescott and colin lewis where they provide step by step artwork and full color photos, with clear descriptions on how to take of the tree.

The Author provide some great ways to plant seedlings, dig up mature trees through to training them to grow. It is a hardcover book with sketches and 160 pages.

Priced at $24.95 its a steal. You can purchase it online here