Bonsai is an ancient art involving trimming and training a tree so it looks like a miniaturized version of the full-size thing. And it just so happens that Japanese maples make a great candidate ...

In bonsai, the Japanese art of growing tiny trees in small pots, a plant’s growth is slowed by repeated trimmings of roots, branches and foliage, especially during the vigorous spring growing ...

The Asian art of Bonsai offers an alternative to the scarcity of winter. Dwarf Yaupon Holly in the Chinese penjing style, which seeks to shape trees of unusual character to aesthetic principles ...

Japanese bonsai experts have practiced the art for centuries. ... ALAMEDA, CA - FEBRUARY 25: A sixteen year old Japanese black pine bonsai tree is photographed on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, ...

Sydney-based Japanese bonsai master Megumi Bennett currently grows more than 300 bonsai pots, which she lovingly refers to as her "children". Roughly half of them are Australian fig trees.

It is nine in the morning on a Wednesday, and within the confines of Balboa Park’s Japanese Friendship Garden, a few bonsai enthusiasts are moving quietly among the birds and the dew, tending to ...

Growing a young bonsai into a form that resembles a mature tree requires regular pruning to encourage even growth and to remove dead limbs, foliage and errant branches. Take your time.

Bonsai – Japanese for “tree in a pot” – originated in China in around 200 A.D., and the art spread several hundred years later to Japan. The art of bonsai was introduced in the United ...

Pennsylvania’s Longwood Gardens is receiving a transformational gift of 150 masterpieces. But these aren’t your typical works of art—they’re bonsai trees, and they come from Doug Paul’s ...