Many different types of plants—mostly trees and shrubs—are used in bonsai, but artists are constantly working with and training new types of plants. “Some types of trees adapt better than ...
However, because of this, many people buy bonsai trees without realising just how sensitive they can be. These aren’t the kind of plants you can forget about – bonsai trees require dedicated ...
“The word bonsai literally means plant in a tray, so you are planting in a shallow tray to try to emulate the poor growing conditions of, say, a mountaintop, where a tree seedling has sprouted ...
Thieves continue tormenting bonsai growers across Japan, snatching the increasingly popular trees for sales abroad or, in some instances, holding the plants for ransom. Bonsai can be extremely ...