4. Watering. Juniper bonsai trees require frequent watering, but you should never allow the soil to become waterlogged. Water your bonsai when the soil feels slightly dry to the touch.

If you love houseplants or Japanese gardens, you've probably wondered what it takes to grow and care for a bonsai. You're in luck: Martha Stewart has shared beginner-friendly tips for cultivating ...

The trees were worth about $90,000 and included a Shimpaku Juniper, a 400-year-old tree that had been looked after by Iimura for 25 years. “Bonsai are like our children,” Fuyumi Iimura told ...

A bonsai thief has stolen seven tiny trees worth at least 13 million yen ($118,000) from a garden space in Saitama prefecture near Tokyo. The loot included a rare 400-year-old shimpaku tree, a ...

The distraught owners say they are still hopeful of having seven of their "tree babies" — collectively worth at least $165,000 — returned, but implored the thieves to take proper care of them.

One of the couple's stolen trees is a Shimpaku Juniper - one of the most sought-after Bonsai types among collectors and enthusiasts. It is said to be worth over 10m yen ($91,000; £70,720).

Others have learned the art of survival, including Bill Ward's black pine, now pushing 700 years and more. He bought the tree in Japan, but getting it into the U.S. was not easy.

A reader recently asked me to write about bonsai tree requirements, but more specifically, how to keep bonsai trees alive during the seasons. Let’s begin with a brief history of Bonsai, which in ...

Among the loot was a rare 400-year-old shinpaku tree, a star of the bonsai world, which was due to be entered in a Japanese beauty competition this month.