Bonsai tree plants can be fascinating because you are basically looking at a whole tree in a miniature version. Bonsai focuses on growing a single tree in a way that mingles horticulture, art and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. To the uninitiated, bonsai trees are baffling: why spend hours, even years, pruning, pinching and wiring a ...

Thirty years ago, Beena Vincent was struck by the beauty of a small Ficus benjamina ‘Jacqueline’ growing at a friend’s place in Sreekaryam. Fascinated, she cut a stem of the plant and potted it at her ...