From ficus and figs to bougainvillea and elms, the Visakha Bonsai Welfare Society hasn’t found a tree they couldn’t trim. The society that completes a decade of its existence this year has swelled ...

Bonsai, the practice of miniaturizing container-grown trees and woody shrubs, is said to be a combination of art and horticulture, along with a dash of spirituality. The word bonsai is derived from ...

In 1925, Ernest F. Coe, a landscape designer and nurseryman from Connecticut, donated a collection of Japanese trees and shrubs to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Now, a century later, the garden is ...

Be prepared to spend some quality time with your new tree, learning about its needs and observing its growth patterns. Bonsai ...

IT is amazing to see twisted, curled fully grown trees that are only a few inches tall in small pots or containers. What adds more to our surprise is that the mini trees can bear fruits like apple, ...

When I lived in Japan, between 1975 and 1985, bonsai was usually the hobby of an elderly, retired person who would spend years, or even decades, cultivating a dwarf tree or three in his or her ...

The immediate appeal of bonsai is that it is nature perfected in miniature. Each tree tells a story that seems as old as time – with its gnarled trunk, moss covered roots and mass of tiny leaves. In ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For Ravindran, growing Bonsai is not a hobby, but a passion. Shaping, pruning and curling live trees and plants is an art, Ravindran believes. But beyond that, this pot culture ...