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Home / Typically, beginners bonsai are purchased from garden centres, shopping malls and chain stores. Almost all originate from China and Israel and are mass produced trees that have been cultivated on large bonsai ‘farms’ before being lifted and planted directly into a bonsai pot. The result is a tree that is relatively cheap to

Keeping your bonsai watered while you are away from home has always been problem for enthusiasts. Pruning and general maintenance work can be left for a week or two without any detriment to your trees but watering has to be attended to on a daily basis. I have known many enthusiasts who have refused to go

Home / Bonsai growing in Harry Harrington’s garden in the North-West of England The images in this article have all been taken on my journeys around the UK to visit fellow enthusiasts gardens as well images of my own gardens. The majority of tree species used for bonsai require that the trees be placed outside

There is no such thing as an indoor bonsai or an indoor tree. All bonsai are naturally outdoor trees and as such are better cultivated outside. The only exceptions are tropical species that can not tolerate lower temperatures at certain times of the year and without an artificial source of warmth would perish. It is