Category: Bonsai

  The Green Island Ficus is one of the most forgiving trees you can start bonsai with, but “forgiving” isn’t the same as “no rules.” Get the basics of light, water, and soil right, and this little tree will reward you with dense, glossy growth for years. Get them wrong,…

      If you’ve ever wanted a living piece of art on your windowsill, a ficus bonsai tree is one of the most forgiving ways to start. Ficus bonsai trees are famous in the bonsai world for tolerating the kind of indoor conditions — dry heat, low humidity, inconsistent…

    Bonsai has a way of looking simple long before it actually is. A small tree in a shallow pot seems like it should need less attention than a full-sized plant in the garden, but it’s really the opposite: with so little soil and so little margin for error,…

    If you’ve spent any time researching bonsai care, you’ve probably run into the term Akadama Bonsai Soil Mix more than once — and for good reason. This reddish-brown clay granule from Japan (see Akadama on Wikipedia for its mineral origins) has become the backbone of modern bonsai cultivation,…

Bonsai Leaf Reduction: 20 Best Ways to Make Bonsai Tree Leaves Smaller Bonsai Leaf Reduction is the practice of encouraging a bonsai tree to grow smaller, more proportionate leaves that match the scale of its trunk and branches. Large, out-of-scale leaves are one of the most common things that make…