Bonsai: The Art of Miniature Trees in Containers

Bonsai: Tray Planting as Living Sculpture

Bonsai (Japanese: “tray planting”) is an ancient Asian art of growing trees/plants in small containers, shaping them via pruning, root reduction, wiring, pinching, and repotting to mirror nature in miniature. Sizes: tiny (1″), small (5–10″), medium (16″), large (24–40″). Best indoor candidates: alocasia, anthurium, aralia, azalea, ficus, fuchsia, gardenia, Hawaiian schefflera, hibiscus, jade, jasmine, money tree, Norfolk pine, podocarpus, ponytail palm, sago palm, schefflera.