These rules, as Terry helpfully outlines, also apply to bonsai forms of Japanese maple trees. 'Full sun situations, or climates that are hot and dry, are not ideal for these plants,' Terry adds.

Seven trees, worth a total of about $90,000, were taken from a Japanese garden in January. Its owner had looked after one of them for 25 years.

The distraught Japanese owners of seven stolen Bonsai trees worth £92,000 have pleaded with the thieves to continue caring for their precious plants. Fuyumi Iimura and her husband Seiji, from ...

The small, shallow dishes that house bonsai trees are sized to inhibit root growth. Larger pots would hold more soil and water, allowing more space for roots to spread. That would be ...

For all their immense beauty, bonsai trees require a lot of care and attention. If you don’t have a green thumb though, there’s now an easy way to enjoy the traditional art, thanks to Kami-Bonsai ...

Some common bonsai-friendly plants include juniper, false cypress, jade, ficus, azaleas, Chinese elm, Japanese beech and Japanese maple, among others. Pick the pot you plan to use.

Sydney-based Japanese bonsai master Megumi Bennett currently grows more than 300 bonsai pots, which she lovingly refers to as her "children". Roughly half of them are Australian fig trees.

In Japanese, bonsai means “ tree in a pot,” as any grower will tell you. For the society’s official badge maker Steve Asprelli, both the pot and the trees are a family affair. Asprelli’s wife made the ...

Story update: The exhibition "American Bonsai: The Unbridled Art of Ryan Neil" runs at the Portland Japanese Garden May 21–June 19, 2016. When most Americans think of bonsai — the craft of ...

Her nephew, Kyle Lew, 30, is a talented bonsai artist who has worked on some of his grandfather’s trees. He also wants the nursery to remain open, but he isn’t sure of his plans yet either.