WESTSIDE — For my birthday a few years ago my wife surprised me by giving me an odd looking shrub. She couldn't have been more excited, but I have been. She explained that the weird bush was the ...

Kathy Shaner, the first non-Japanese and first woman certified as a professional bonsai artist and instructor by the Nippon Bonsai Association of Japan, doesn’t have much time to talk. The tiny trees ...

HILO, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Some people see bonsai trees as symbols of harmony, balance, or patience. Others view them as the objects of meditation. A Big Island bonsai master says this botanical ...

Guy Guidry's new Uptown nursery isn't very big - it's about 1,000 square feet - but then, neither are the trees that are its specialty. "NOLA Bonsai will promote bonsai to a new level," says Guidry, ...

In the right spot, Japanese white pines can grow 50 feet tall with branches spreading even wider. Bob Hunter has spent 40 years caring for a Japanese white pine: pruning, training, picking the right ...

More than 45 years ago, Ivan Watters began styling bonsai after being injured and no longer able to play a violin. "It was a hobby for me," Watters says, "and it gave me an artistic outlet. Actually, ...

Thanks to rocky terrain that stunts tree growth and blustery winds that contort branches, the Rocky Mountains are one of the best places on Earth to harvest bonsais—as long as you have a permit in ...

A reader recently asked me to write about bonsai tree requirements, but more specifically, how to keep bonsai trees alive during the seasons. Let’s begin with a brief history of Bonsai, which in ...