Perhaps because they look exotic, delicate, and fiddly, it's easy to miss that common, hardy shrub species often make excellent bonsai. Indeed, any woody perennial has a decent chance of making a good ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. To the uninitiated, bonsai trees are baffling: why spend hours, even years, pruning, pinching and wiring a ...