COLTS NECK - Rich Taylor grew up witnessing his father’s interest in bonsai trees. They piqued his own interest too. It would not be long before Taylor incorporated his own adaptation of them, called ...

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Twenty-two years ago, I was walking trough a commercial wholesale nursery searching for just the right trees for a special project I was working on. Along with several other plants, I purchased a ...

Bonsai trees are known for being a challenge even to the most qualified plant owners, with their watering needs being one of the biggest conundrums. Learning how to care for a bonsai tree is not for ...

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 ancient art of bonsai may look deceptively simple, but its practice requires care, contemplation, and consistency over long periods of time—especially if you’re growing an entire miniature forest, ...

Moses Weisberg was walking his bicycle through the National Arboretum in Northeast Washington when he stopped at a mushroom-shaped tree. The first thing he noticed was the thickness of the trunk, ...

Guy Joseph Guidry fondly remembers the moment he first encountered a bonsai tree, three decades ago. Guidry spotted a cluster of the miniature trees in his neighbor's backyard in New Orleans. They ...

WASHINGTON — In a small, arboreal corner of Washington, D.C., a relic of a horrific day 70 years ago lives in relative obscurity. A bonsai tree, part of a collection at the National Arboretum, came to ...