It all started with a bonsai tree that Jim Osborne’s parents gave him and his wife back in 1989. The couple had just bought their first home, and Osborne’s parents thought the little juniper ...

Master bonsai artist Harry Hirao, 96, with a 700-year-old, left, and a 500-year-old California Juniper bonsai trees at his Huntington Beach home.

Two bonsai trees worth thousands of dollars that require special care were stolen from a Washington state museum, the museum said. ... including 400-year-old juniper ...

Juniper bonsai trees are often the more pricey of the species due how much work is required in caring for them. A 13-inch juniper tree can sell for about $4,000.

“I was at Strawberry Days and went to the bonsai vendor booth. I thought, ‘Gosh, if they can do that, I can do it. “I went home and got a juniper shrub,” he said. A few years later, carefully selected ...

A bonsai thief has stolen seven tiny trees worth at least 13 million yen ($118,000) from a garden space in Saitama prefecture near Tokyo. The loot included a rare 400-year-old shimpaku tree, a ...

A Blue Alps Juniper bonsai tree takes a graceful shape at Bennett's home. Sophia Germer “You are trying to create the image of a mature tree in miniature,” Bennett said.

Four years ago, a friend gave Echavarria a 25-year-old juniper bonsai as a birthday present. “Immediately, we felt such a responsibility toward this plant, knowing how old it was,” says Corona.

Job title: Bonsai nursery owner, MMA judge on the side. ... They usually think of a juniper because they have seen the movie Karate Kid a few times, and that is their only exposure to it.