An Introduction To Bonsai - The Living Art
Bonsai, "The LIving Art" has many facets. First you must be able to care for your tree, know how to fertilize, water and repot that plant. Then you must learn how to prune and shape the tree. It is an art of patience and skill.

Exotic Bonsai
Once you have tried your hand at coniferous bonsai, you might want some color and flavor with some of the exotic bonsai trees like Wisteria, Orange Jasmine, Mimosa and Desert Rose.

Growing A Bonsai From Seed
As if the job of pruning and caring for your bonsai collection wasn't enough, now you want to try growing one from seed? Here's some tips that might help you.

Okinawa Holly
Okinawa Holly can be shaped easily

Okinawa Holly is an ornamental tree whose green, serrated leaves make it a good bonsai candidate The Holly is native to the northern hemisphere, and flowers in spring and summer. The flowers are pink in color while the leaves are glossy green and toothed. It grows well in semi-shade, is easy to grow indoors, and is a favorite among bonsai lovers.

This plant needs a lot of water particularly before the fruit bearing period; otherwise the ber ...

Snowbush
Snowbush is a shrub whose leaves are prettier than flowers

Snowbush is a rounded tropical shrub that is 5 to 8 feet tall and 4 to 7 feet wide. It has highly colored foliage that makes it a favorite with gardeners. The stems are bright red, while the papery, variegated leaves are rose, white and green. Since the leaves look like flowers, the plant is commonly called leaf flower.

Snowbush can be used as a hedge or as a shrub border and can also be grown indoors. If it is not p ...

Dwarf Korean Lilac
Dwarf Korean Lilac is an attractive shrub

The Dwarf Korean Lilac is a hardy flowering shrub that adds grace, fragrance and beauty to a garden. It can be planted anywhere, as a border or even as border foreground. Its great attraction is the neatness of its stems and fragrant, lavender pink flowers. The plant was first noticed by Frank Meyer in a garden in China in 1909 and he sent its cuttings to America. Today, this plant carries Meyer’s name (Syringa meyeri), and can be seen growing ...

Flowering White Serissa
Flowering White Serissa is better known as Tree of a Thousand Stars

Flowering White Serissa is an evergreen or semi-evergreen flowering shrub that grows to a height of 45-60 cm. It is native to Southeast Asia and is found commonly in India, China and Japan. It grows in wet meadows and open sub-tropical woodlands. It belongs to the genus Rubiaceae, which has only one species, Serissa Foetida. It is commonly called Snowrose and is also referred to as Serissa Japonica.

It has ...