Care Guides

Bonsai losing leaves? Kenji, 15-year bonsai artist, identifies the 7 most common causes — from overwatering to pests — and the exact fix for each.

Of all the aspects of bonsai care, fertilization is the one I see misunderstood most consistently — even by practitioners who have been growing trees for several years. Some fertilize too much,…

There is a moment, just before the first cut, when everything becomes still. I have been practicing bonsai for twenty years, and I still feel it — that quiet before the shears meet the branch….

Every spring, my courtyard fills with the quiet ritual of assessment. I walk slowly past the benches — junipers silvered with morning dew, a Chinese elm leafing out in tender green, a flowering…

Of all the trees I have worked with across two decades of bonsai practice, the juniper holds a particular place. It was my first tree. A small, unassuming specimen purchased from a roadside market,…

There is a moment — and if you have held a bonsai in your hands, you may already know it — when time slows. The tree before you has endured seasons, adapted to the patient discipline of its keeper,…