Bonsai gardening has long been admired for its ability to distill the vastness of nature into a single, elegant container. For minimalists, this unique practice captures the essence of “less is more” ...

However, bonsai trees are more than just a potted plant. They are naturally dwarfed trees that are trained to look like mature trees in nature. The trees are living sculptures residing in a container ...

Q: This is a 25-year-old jade bonsai (see reader's photo). Recently the very top of the plant has taken on a somewhat grizzled look with smaller deformed leaves and scarred, redder-looking stems ...

Dr. Gene Manahan has searched the world in his quest to attain knowledge about bonsai gardening. The retired Lawrence surgeon has traveled to Japan (three times), China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the ...

Roger Snipes of the Inland Empire Bonsai Society prunes or defoliates leaves off a hedge maple he is training. (Pat Munts/For The Spokesman-Review) Buy this photo For Roger Snipes, working with his ...

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 ...

Bonsai is an art form that stems from ancient Asian culture, originating in China and developed by the Japanese. In the 13th century, the Japanese collected and potted wild trees that had been dwarfed ...

Bonsai are trees or shrubs grown in small containers. The plants would grow to full size in nature but are groomed to stay small. A tree or a plant can be called a bonsai. Saying “bonsai tree” is ...

Winter is a wonderful time to take gardening to a new level, a time to enjoy change. My “bonsai” friend, Leonard Zunin, says, “Like any hobby, bonsai may touch your heart and become a lifelong passion ...

HOUMA — If you walk over the Twin Spans heading toward east Houma and peer through the chain-link fence at the end of the bridge, you’ll notice an unusual patch of rocks and plants. That’s A.J.