Singer: "The beautiful miniature trees and shrubs featured here ... He was a talented artist with a great knowledge of literati-style bonsai (with twisting and turning trunks). Chinese Quince, ...

Guy Joseph Guidry fondly remembers the moment he first encountered a bonsai tree, three decades ago. Guidry spotted a cluster of the miniature trees in his neighbor's backyard in New Orleans.

It’s not allowed to grow any bigger because the tree is limited ... still tends to his bonsai nursery full of six varieties of pine, several varieties of maple, Chinese quince, euonymus ...

“The Little Book of Bonsai — An Easy Guide to Caring for Your Bonsai Tree” (Ten Speed Press, $15). The Little Book of Bonsai (Ten Speed Press) To the uninitiated, bonsai, which in Japanese ...