Used to diagnose physical disorders and categorize food for its medicinal properties, the ancient East Indian Ayurvedic system would seem to have little connection to the cultivation of bonsai. It was ...

Bonsai is an ancient Japanese practice of growing miniature trees in small containers using techniques like pruning and wiring. Originating from China, it was refined by the Japanese. Bonsai trees ...

Choosing the right types of bonsai trees is key to growing them successfully. If you're looking for suggestions for growing ...

Bonsai is an art form that has been practiced for thousands of years. “The unique aspect is that bonsai is alive and constantly changing, not like a sculpture or painting, which remains static,” says ...

Bonsai gardens offer peace and creativity. You can grow tiny trees in pots, shaping them like forests. Native Indian trees are perfect for this. Peepal, Banyan, and Imli are ideal choices. Use a ...

Roy Yamashiroya’s Salt Lake home features dozens of bonsai, including fruiting plants such as tangerine, Meyer lemon, calamansi, lime and starfruit trees. He uses aluminum wire to shape the plants.

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. This ...

L ike many teenagers, George Muranaka dreaded chores. However, his to-do list went beyond taking out the trash and included weeding and hand-watering the nearly two acres of plants on the Nipomo ...

Western Juniper is among bonsai trees to be featured in the American Bonsai Exhibit at the Dallas Arboretum March 5-6. ORGANIC GARDENING: Learn the life history and biology of dragonflies at the ...