Growers often train branches to grow into desired shapes by wrapping them first with protective raffia, then with bonsai wire ...

Kokedama is a unique form of Japanese bonsai that features a living plant grown in a ball of soil, wrapped in moss and secured with string. The term “kokedama” comes from the Japanese words ...

Shallow pots dry out quickly, so your Japanese maple bonsai tree may need daily watering. The more sunlight they get, the more water they will need. Plants also will need to be fertilized.

MIFUNE, Kumamoto Prefecture—Thefts of bonsai trees have surged around Japan, leading to tens of millions of yen in losses and fears among infuriated growers that their prized plants are being ...

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 ...

Goshin's creator died over 20 years ago but his remarkable work lives on with the precise directions he left behind.

While the word bonsai is Japanese, the art of growing miniature ... The ficus ginseng, for example, is a tropical plant, so likes a bright spot in the home – for example, in front of a south ...

Bonsai recreate vast natural landscapes in the confines of a plant pot. This unique Japanese culture is known by its original name around the world, and for many young people has become a byword ...

Japanese bonsai master Megumi Bennett giving a lecture. Credit: Bonsai Art Pty Ltd Whether it's bonsai or ikebana, Mrs Bennett says she needs to have a deep understanding of Australian plants ...

The Serpentine Room is where visitors will find Phipps’ tropical bonsai collection ... which are Japanese botanical art-inspired miniature potted plant arrangements. ‘Aliens’ in the Orchid ...