Book Review: Grow Bonsai
Karen Aimed at beginning bonsai enthusiasts, Peter Warren’s book, Grow Bonsai provides a guide to successfully grow bonsai. The book covers all the essential knowledge, tools and skills needed to get…
How to Care for Bonsai: Gingko bibloba
Also known as the maidenhair tree, this deciduous tree is native to China. It is considered a living fossil because it has been on earth for 270 million years as…
How to Care for Bonsai: Japanese Black Pine (Pinus thunbergii)
Japanese black pine is native to coastal Japan and South Korea and are common parkland trees in Japan. Because it is tolerant of poor, dry soil, pollution and salt it…
How to Care for Bonsai: Chinese Juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
Chinese juniper is an evergreen coniferous tree or shrub native to Asia but is widely grown as an ornamental. It is a member of the cypress family, Cupressaceae, that also…
How to Care for Bonsai: Firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea)
download Firethorn is a thorny evergreen shrub native to southern Europe to western Asia. It is in the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes apples, meadowsweet, and lady’s mantle. The…
How to Care for Bonsai: Crabapple (Malus spp)
Crabapples are deciduous trees native to the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere. They belong to the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes almonds, firethorn, and lady’s mantle. There are…
How to Care for Bonsai: Southern Yew (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
Also known as Buddhist pine, southern yew is neither a yew nor a pine. It is native to Japan and China where it is a popular landscape tree especially in…
How to Care for Bonsai: Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
A native of China and Japan, crepe myrtle is a deciduous flowering tree or shrub grown extensively in southern United States and in Mediterranean climates including Southern California. In mid…
How to Care for Bonsai: Satsuki Azalea
There are hundreds of kinds of azaleas but the most popular for bonsai are the Satsuki. Satsuki azaleas are evergreen shrubs native to Japan where they have been hybridized for…
How to Care for Bonsai: Myrtle (Myrtus communis)
This small evergreen tree is native to the Mediterranean and northern Africa. The ancient Greeks and Romans associated it with love and in Europe today myrtle is frequently included in…