Christen Christian has been working with bonsai for more than three decades. She now has hundreds of plants at her Wilmington home and is the current president of the Cape Fear Bonsai Society. “There ...

Bonsai is an art form that requires years of training and centuries of dedication. At the 2012 international bonsai convention, a tree was on sale for 100 million yen, just under a million dollars.

Bonsai — the Japanese art of growing trees in pots — takes on a decidedly local flavor as Tucsonans experiment with native and other arid plants as their canvases. Randy McLean and Ray Noseck are two ...