Advertisement Others have learned the art of survival, including Bill Ward's black pine, now pushing 700 years and more. He bought the tree in Japan, but getting it into the U.S. was not easy.

They’re also experts in the care of bonsai. “Say you have a black pine bonsai,” Chan said. “They love full sun.

The Silverberry bonsai will be placed back on public display Wednesday, while the Japanese black pine bonsai will return as the centerpiece for the museum's upcoming exhibit "World War Bonsai ...

The two bonsai, a Silverberry and a Japanese Black Pine, were stolen from the secured public exhibit area early Sunday morning. Two bonsai trees, estimated to be worth thousands of dollars, were ...

ALAMEDA, CA - FEBRUARY 25: A sixteen year old Japanese black pine bonsai tree is photographed on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Alameda, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) ...

These shrubs can be grown as a garden specimen or trained as a bonsai. See the winter splendor of the Thunderhead Japanese black pine in the Crane Ornamental Grass and Conifer Collection at ...

In the wild, ponderosa pine trees tower higher than 250 feet. White pine trees grow to 75 feet and black pines can reach 100 feet. Yet, Dr. Mike Andrews’ prized pine trees top out at a few feet.