“Japanese maples are actually really, really good for bonsai because they tend to be more of a diminutive tree to begin with,” says Steve Pettis, commercial and consumer horticulture agent for the ...

With its pale bark, symmetrical form and intricate branches tipped by reddish-brown leaf-buds, a miniature Japanese Beech at the Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection seems to glisten with frost — a living ...