From its beginning to the present, the art of bonsai has continuously evolved and branched out into many different techniques and styles. If you look closely enough, you just might find the basic form from which several styles evolved from.

The Chokkan Art of Bonsai or Formal Upright is the simplest of forms in the art of bonsai ...[More]

By themselves, plants can process energy and minerals that they get from the sun, air and those that are available to them internally. However, the quantity of the minerals that they get from these sources is not enough to sustain them.

Mostly, plants source their minerals and energy from the soil. Also, majority of a plant's water intake comes from the soil ...[More]

Growing and maintaining the bonsai tree is an art in itself and something which requires practise and patience. Bonsai trees grow in porous soil to enable suitable drainage.

Bonsai tree care and mindful watering is a must, but this isn't as easy as it sounds, however. Just as under-watering is a problem, over-watering can also lead to devastating results such as fungi and root rot ...[More]

Trees are grown from seed. It's true that many start out as offshoots, prunings, or seedlings of a mature tree. But the entire process starts with a seed.

Gardening tips - How to grow your own bonsai from seed. In order that these seeds develop into trees they need to undergo a phase known as germination ...[More]

Growing a bonsai tree from scratch is the ultimate success story for any bonsai artist. Most of us will settle for purchasing a developed tree, learning of a few tips here and there to care for it along the way, hoping that we don’t do anything to end its strange little existence.

The more adventurous of us, however, will learn to prune and shape the tree as it grows year on year. There are some brave people though, who take things into their own hands and grow bonsai from seed ...[More]