Bonsai trees are more like a piece of living art than a houseplant. Choosing the right tree or shrub to cultivate makes all ...

In Britain’s damp, changeable climate, your first tiny tree can decide whether bonsai becomes a calming ritual or a ...

Q I have a large collection of bonsai trees that all require some degree of winterization: Evergreen conifers and cold-hardy deciduous broadleaf trees (oaks, maples, hackberry) get mulched-in outdoors ...

There’s something about growing bonsai trees that makes big problems seem smaller. “That tree to me is not just a lone tree; it’s connected to all the other trees in the world,” said Wayne Atkinson, a ...

Bonsai is a long-lived and expertly arranged marriage between the science of horticulture and the art of sculpture. When done well, it is an ever-changing pleasure to behold. Meticulously pruned and ...

Click to open image viewer. With these five stamps, the U.S. Postal Service celebrates the beauty of bonsai. The word “bonsai” (Japanese for “plant in a pot”) refers to the art of cultivating ...

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 ...

The bonsai garden is almost tucked away, in the back of the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens, in the northeastern corner of Ann Arbor. With a wooden fence around it, one opening ...