Bonsai Tree Secrets - Bonsai Tree Guide

By Sarah Duke It's important that you are fully aware of what to look for when selecting a bonsai plant. In order for a bonsai to grow in the environment that you intend on placing it, you will need to know a few things to begin with. Aspects of the art of bonsai growing involve care, height, width, and shaping, which can be rather overwhelming if you don't know what to do. Listed below are some examples of the things you should look for before going out to purchase your very first bonsai... Read Full Story

By Lee Dobbins The Surinam Cherry Bonsai Tree originates from Hong Kong and South China. Attractive and elegant, they may be grown either indoors or outdoors in the Southern United States. It has dark green leaves (bronze or red depending on the season) and red bark that peels off in layers. It has a slender truck and the branches spread outward. As the tree matures it will produce red fruit which appears during the spring and summer. In caring for the Surinam Cherry Bonsai Tree, there... Read Full Story

Bonsai plants have a lot more to them than what most would think. A bonsai plant is often seen as a symbol of laziness and improper care- but this is exactly the opposite of the truth. Bonsai plants are quite complicated to grow and require much attention to grow them correctly. Read Full Story

People all around the world have learned and want to learn the Bonsai Art. Which originated in China, known as "pun-sai". It was then brought to Japan.The art of bonsai is the methods and techniques used in growing, shaping and caring for a tree with the intention of creating a minature tree that resembles the image of an ancient tree. Learn more about the History of Bonsai.  Using the correct methods and techniques - the right seeds, soil, fertilizer, watering, wiring, pruning. You will be... Read Full Story

Say ‘art’ and most will think of painting or sculpture. There is a kind of sculpture, though, that takes as its raw material not stone or wood but a living tree. That is the art of bonsai. From the Japanese word for ‘tree in a tray’, Bonsai is the art and product of shaping trees by careful pruning to produce a miniature tree or bush. Not produced from genetic dwarfs, bonsai are the result of years of patient shaping of ordinary species by master artists. Because they are grown and shaped in... Read Full Story