There’s something about growing bonsai trees that makes big problems seem smaller. “That tree to me is not just a lone tree; it’s connected to all the other trees in the world,” said Wayne Atkinson, a ...

Q I have a large collection of bonsai trees that all require some degree of winterization: Evergreen conifers and cold-hardy deciduous broadleaf trees (oaks, maples, hackberry) get mulched-in outdoors ...

Azalea Outdoor Bonsai Tree For under $25, get her a gift that will last longer than a bouquet of flowers. Reviewers say this bonsai tree can live for years, and every April and May, bright pink azalea ...

An Azalea Bonsai tree displayed at recent N.C. Museum of Art’s Art in Bloom. There is a bonsai expo April 23-24 at the JC Raulston arboretum. Courtesy of Harold Johnson Jr. A weekly roundup of home ...

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 ...

The bonsai garden is almost tucked away, in the back of the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens, in the northeastern corner of Ann Arbor. With a wooden fence around it, one opening ...