Archive for 2010

The penjing artist’s goal is not only to re-create a natural scenery in a container, but to capture its essence and spirit.

Penjing and bonsai are closely related art forms. Penjing is the older form from which bonsai derived. While the similarities by far outweig...

Penjing: History, aesthetics & spiritual background. Many people think of bonsai as exclusively Japanese. But there is a long tradition ...

Specialty nurseries often have a wide selection of dwarf and semi-dwarf varieties of many species. Dwarf plants, however, do not always conv...

All sorts of flowering bonsai plants can be developed from seeds or cuttings and also from young trees. Like all plants, flowering bonsai ...