Bonsai Encyclopedia

Acer palmatum 'Chishio' (Chishio Japanese Maple)

Chishio is a compact Japanese maple cultivar prized for its brilliant scarlet-red spring foliage and relatively small leaf size that makes it well-suited to shohin and chuhin bonsai. The spring...

Acer palmatum 'Chishio' (Chishio Japanese Maple)

Chishio is a compact Japanese maple cultivar prized for its brilliant scarlet-red spring foliage and relatively small leaf size that makes it well-suited to shohin and chuhin bonsai. The spring...

Camellia sasanqua (Sasanqua Camellia)

Camellia sasanqua, the sasanqua camellia, offers the seasonal advantage over C. japonica of autumn flowering — the small to medium fragrant flowers open from October through December when virtually no...

Camellia sasanqua (Sasanqua Camellia)

Camellia sasanqua, the sasanqua camellia, offers the seasonal advantage over C. japonica of autumn flowering — the small to medium fragrant flowers open from October through December when virtually no...

Wisteria floribunda (Japanese Wisteria)

Wisteria floribunda, the Japanese wisteria, produces the most spectacular flowering display of any bonsai species — cascading racemes of fragrant violet-blue, pink, or white flowers that can hang 30-60 cm...

Wisteria floribunda (Japanese Wisteria)

Wisteria floribunda, the Japanese wisteria, produces the most spectacular flowering display of any bonsai species — cascading racemes of fragrant violet-blue, pink, or white flowers that can hang 30-60 cm...

Rhododendron ponticum (Common Rhododendron)

Rhododendron ponticum, the common rhododendron or Pontic rhododendron, is a vigorous large-leaved evergreen species native to the Mediterranean region and western Asia that has become widely naturalized (and invasive) in...

Rhododendron ponticum (Common Rhododendron)

Rhododendron ponticum, the common rhododendron or Pontic rhododendron, is a vigorous large-leaved evergreen species native to the Mediterranean region and western Asia that has become widely naturalized (and invasive) in...

Acer palmatum 'Kiyohime' (Kiyohime Japanese Maple)

Kiyohime is a naturally dwarf Japanese maple cultivar that grows into a compact, dome-shaped tree with extremely short internodes and small five-lobed leaves. Its inherent miniature character makes it one...

Acer palmatum 'Kiyohime' (Kiyohime Japanese Maple)

Kiyohime is a naturally dwarf Japanese maple cultivar that grows into a compact, dome-shaped tree with extremely short internodes and small five-lobed leaves. Its inherent miniature character makes it one...

Malus halliana (Hall Crabapple)

Malus halliana, Hall's crabapple, is a graceful Chinese flowering crabapple that has been cultivated in East Asian gardens for over a thousand years, producing pendant clusters of double pink flowers...

Malus halliana (Hall Crabapple)

Malus halliana, Hall's crabapple, is a graceful Chinese flowering crabapple that has been cultivated in East Asian gardens for over a thousand years, producing pendant clusters of double pink flowers...