Whats the difference between bonsai and miniature gardening?
Our trees can be bonsai’d – they just grow slow enough that we don’t have to. Bonsai is the art of growing an miniature tree or shrub. With bonsai, the roots of the plant are pruned to fit in a shallow dish, and the branches are constantly pruned and shaped into a pre-desired form or shape (like a wind-swept look for example). Because of the lack of root based and soil, the plant needs constant care with feeding and watering. The young shoots and branches need to be either trained or pruned – it really is an art. This is why people have such a hard time with it. We’ve heard more stories about someone’s beloved bonsai tree that they’ve had for 25 years dying because they went on vacation. They left it in someone else’s care only to have it perish because the ‘sitter’ lost track of the watering. Our trees are just slow growing enough that we can put them in a miniature garden setting and they will stay small for quite some time – some grow faster than others and some can be pruned to kee
