It is possible to grow a bonsai from fruit pits. Photo: Chen Ximeng/GT Next time you cut up a lemon, why not do what 23-year-old Zhang Yangyang did and use the lemon pits to grow a lemon bonsai tree.

Dating back thousands of years in China and Japan, the ancient art of bonsai has long captivated gardeners. Indeed, growing ...

For bonsai lovers, little trees create a path to a big world of discovery. Their twisted branches connect people across oceans and continents, linking them with an ancient art. "You never finish a ...

Dear Master Gardener: Is it difficult to create a bonsai or am I better off just buying one and trying to maintain it? ANSWER: The Japanese art of bonsai is a combination of horticulture, art, and ...

Bonsai tree plants can be fascinating because you are basically looking at a whole tree in a miniature version. Bonsai focuses on growing a single tree in a way that mingles horticulture, art and ...

MEMBERS of Johannesburg Garden Club were treated to an extremely interesting talk on the art of Bonsai, by guest speaker Byron Dance, at the March meeting. Byron explained that ‘bon’ means low sided ...

Monterey >> The key to bonsai is patience. But that shouldn’t be much of a surprise. This is an art form, after all, in which trees can be 500 years old, passed down from generation to generation.