If you love trees but don’t have space for them, bonsai is for you. With bonsai, you can grow mature trees that stay small and live for generations. It's an art form that brings the grandeur of large ...

Although growing a bonsai tree can be challenging, it's also one of the most mindful practices gardeners can take on. It gives you something to be responsible for, with a very strict care regime to ...

Gardeners are enjoying a seasonal series of shows and sales by local garden societies. This column has recently highlighted events by the local chapters of the California Native Plant Society, the ...

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 ...

In a time when attention spans are shorter than this sentence, think about bonsai. They’re special enough to be passed down from generation to generation. “In five years, that’s going to be a really ...

Bonsai trees are considered an expression of Japanese garden aesthetics. It takes a lot of care to keep a small tree alive. A bonsai can live for many hundreds of years, becoming a true treasure. It’s ...