Care Guides

Ficus Microcarpa "Golden Gate" Ficus Bonsai Tree Care. Ficus, or fig, is a durable, fast-growing tropical bonsai that can adapt to indoor life. Forgiving, but responsive. T...

Learn how to identify, treat, and prevent scale insects on juniper bonsai. This guide covers scale species, lifecycle, symptoms, effective treatments (including oils, soaps, and...

Dwarf Jade Bonsai Care Guide: Dwarf Jade are hardy trees that can thrive outdoors and as indoor trees, making them a good choice for bonsai beginners and bonsai-curious folks. T...

Tanuki is a fun technique that can produce interesting and dramatic trees to add to your bonsai collection. A tanuki bonsai is created by joining a living tree to an interesting...

Bacteria and Fungus are part of the natural life cycle of plants, providing mechanisms by which dead plant tissue is broken down to components that can then be re-used by other ...

Decandling is essential to the development of Japanese Black pine (Pinus thunbergii) bonsai. The goal of decandling is to contain the growth of the tree, force more compact grow...

Exposed-root bonsai can be amazing compositions; we love the wild randomness of the roots and the crazy shapes that they make as our trees age and mature. Exposed root has been ...

The confusion surrounding how to care for Japanese Black Pine bonsai likely stems from the reality that these trees require different work to be done at different phases of thei...

Learn how Eric has grown and continues to develop a Zelkova forest from his personal collection. Zelkova Serrata or Japanese Elm is a prized species of deciduous bonsai often gr...

Zelkova serrata (Japanese Grey Bark Elm) are a deciduous tree with smooth bark and delicate branching that are prized in bonsai for their winter silhouettes. They are typically ...

It’s an emotional blow to lose a bonsai. Our advice is to use tree death as an opportunity to analyze the cause so you can learn and not repeat the conditions that lead to your ...

Junipers are among the most popular bonsai trees, and they are a great choice for bonsai enthusiasts as well as anyone new to bonsai. This guide includes information on popular ...

There's a lot of confusion surrounding how to care for Japanese Black Pine bonsai. This confusion likely stems from the reality that these trees require different work to be don...

This article covers the basic annual care cycle for developing semi-mature Japanese Black Pine bonsai. There's a lot of confusion surrounding how to care for these trees, likely...

There's a lot of confusion surrounding how to care for Japanese Black Pine bonsai. In this article, Eric provides an outline of a basic annual care cycle for developing and cari...

Decandling a Japanese Black Pine is one of the techniques that allows for long-term containment of mature bonsai and establishment of younger trees as bonsai. Analyzing your goa...

Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) are one of the classic bonsai species and make great trees for bonsai, especially for beginners. They grow well in containers and are generally ea...