Every year the National Garden Bureau selects one perennial, one annual, one bulb, one houseplant, one shrub, and one edible, as their “Year of the” plant designations. Plants are chosen based on ...

Rare and exquisite plants are now symbols of luxury and style in India, fetching high prices. From ancient Ficus bonsai to the blooming Neelakurinji, these botanical treasures are admired for their ...

The Japanese art form of shaping a miniature tree in the form of a bonsai [‘bon’ is tray and ‘sai’, means plant], dates back several thousand years, with roots in China’s Tang dynasty in the 7th ...

In our fast-paced lives, there is something magical about cultivating a world in miniature, a green sanctuary you can hold in your hands. Advertisment Add The Better India As A Trusted Source Bonsai, ...

"The most expensive plants in India aren’t just botanical wonders, they’re the new status symbols. In a country where tulsi grows on every windowsill and neem is revered as a healer, a quiet ...

O’Bryan said. O’Bryan said that bringing the ficus and other bonsai selections to the event is one way Brussel’s Bonsai can present the art form to more people. “There’s a rich community of bonsai ...

In 1925, Ernest F. Coe, a landscape designer and nurseryman from Connecticut, donated a collection of Japanese trees and shrubs to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Now, a century later, the garden is ...

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 ...

Ginseng bonsai, also known as bonsai ficus, is a houseplant that possesses an exotically shaped thick belly trunk and compactly grown leaves. This Southeast Asian tropical plant is greatly prized for ...