The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Harold Sasaki wants to dispel some myths about bonsai: that they’re hard to grow, for example. “Most often, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image provided by Jessica Damiano shows a ginseng ficus bonsai tree on display at Hicks Nurseries in Jericho, New York.

Every year the National Garden Bureau selects one perennial, one annual, one bulb, one houseplant, one shrub, and one edible, ...

Ginseng ficus is commonly used for bonsai, particularly for its narrow elevated roots that swell into a potbelly trunk and thin at the branches before spreading out to the crown. Ginseng ficus is a ...

In India, ficus bonsai is very popular and comes in many varieties. You can also choose from jade, banyan and bougainvillea plants. A healthy bonsai has a good root and a heavy trunk. You can have it ...