The art of bonsai -- for it is, certainly, an art -- can take months, years, even a lifetime to master. And while that's very impressive and all, if we spent a lifetime perfecting our bonsai, we would ...

Kathy Shaner considers herself an accidental bonsai aficionado. “I didn’t know the word bonsai existed until I took a local class at a community center at what I assumed was how to grow a yard tree,” ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Harold Sasaki wants to dispel some myths about bonsai: that they’re hard to grow, for example. “Most often, a ...

The art of bonsai dates ,back to the 13th century when the Japanese potted and meticulously groomed miniature versions of wild trees. This practice is still popular today, with amateurs and ...

– Shade-loving plants with small root bases. Wilder story author Taylor Patterson recommends ferns, begonias, or orchids, but notes that “most plants should happily thrive provided there’s enough ...

Native to South Africa, dwarf jade plants, also known as Portulacaria afra, have become a popular choice for bonsai ...