Bonsai plants offer an ideal way for urban residents to enjoy nature’s beauty at home. The word ‘bonsai’ is derived from the Japanese words ‘bon’ (meaning tray) and ‘sai’ (which means growing). So, ...

Dating back thousands of years in China and Japan, the ancient art of bonsai has long captivated gardeners. Indeed, growing miniature trees in shallow dishes has never gone out of fashion, and today, ...

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 ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. TAMMY: As we know, there’s no plant that has truly evolved to growing indoors - they all have their ...

The cultivation and appreciation of bonsai trees or plants is on the rise, both in Japan and around the world. Here we introduce the aesthetic elements of this fascinating art that compresses nature ...

Hybrid crop plants can retain favorable traits from generation to generation. Plants have for the first time been cloned as seeds. The research by UC Davis plant scientists and their international ...

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 — the Japanese art of growing trees in pots — takes on a decidedly local flavor as Tucsonans experiment with native and other arid plants as their canvases. Randy McLean and Ray Noseck are two ...

Perhaps you've felt small and awestruck while standing in the giant shadow of an ancient tree. The bonsai gardener captures that beauty and mystique with tiny, artfully sculpted trees in pots. Bonsai ...