Explore plant guides, care tips, growing advice, and inspiration for indoor and outdoor plants. From houseplants and succulents to shrubs, vines, bonsai trees, flowering plants, and garden favorites, this section helps you understand how to choose, grow, and care for different types of plants. Find ideas for adding more greenery, texture, color, and natural beauty to your home, garden, and landscape.
A tiny evergreen tree, the Chinese perfume tree, or Aglaia odorata, has the potential to grow up to 10 feet tall. However, it usually stays much smaller than this and is often grown as a bonsai tree for this very reason. Not only that, but the Chinese perfume tree is highly desired for its ability […]
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In Japan, there is a longstanding tradition of watching and admiring the appearance of the cherry blossom tree. Also known as Sakura, this cherry blossom tradition has been around for many centuries. As a result, bonsai cultivation of cherry blossom trees is also popular in Japan. You don’t have to live in Japan in order to appreciate
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Native to southeast Asia, the Chinese elm has a reputation as being a towering, statuesque tree. It can grow up to 80 feet tall, in fact, with a trunk diameter of more than three feet! However, despite its massive size, this plant is also one of the most commonly cultivated as a bonsai species. This
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Often simply referred to as “snow rose,” the snow rose bonsai is one of the most beautiful plants you can grow in your home. The full-sized version of this plant is a subtropical shrub that remains small and compact. It is sometimes called the Japanese boxthorn and the tree of thousand stars. Blooming from spring
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Growing up, there was a good chance you had a crabapple tree somewhere near your home – at least, if you lived in a temperate area of the Northern Hemisphere, that is. The word “crabapple” refers to a genus of more than 50 species of small shrubs and deciduous trees in the Rosaceae family, including
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Portulacaria afra – the name might sound like a mouthful, so it might be easier to refer to this plant by other names such as elephant bush, porkbush, dwarf jade plant, and spekboom, in Afrikaans, just to name a few! An easy to care for plant, the elephant bush is often used in bonsai cultivation.
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Wisteria is often grown because it is fast growing deciduous vine that can trail elegantly over facades and pergolas. In fact, if you live in the south or another moderate climate, you may have considered growing this plant in your own backyard (or perhaps you already do!). But did you know that Wisteria can also
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If you’re new to growing bonsai, the thought of the task might seem overwhelming. Luckily, there are some plants that seem as though they are tailored for beginners. One of those plants in the Ficus bonsai. The ficus genus is part of the extensive family of mulberry plants and is one of the most popular
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Native to Brazil’s most beautiful rainforests, the Brazilian Rain Tree bonsai is a hardwood bonsai specimen worth your consideration. This plant has delicate branches and elegant compound leaves that furl together in the evening before opening up in the morning. It produces gorgeous white or pink flowers, each of which releases a tantalizing aroma. Along
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Are you considering getting a bonsai tree? Or perhaps you were gifted one? Are you seeing them everywhere now, and you are wondering how you can get one? Or are you merely curious about how they get to be that size? Maybe you heard about the many psychological benefits of having a bonsai tree? Either
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