The Bonsai Garden in Oakland said several bonsai trees worth $20,000, some over 100 years old, were taken in a bizarre burglary.

Advocate Photo by KYLE ENCAR -- A 40-year-old bald cypress tree, trained to a flat-top style bonsai, has been under Osbornes care for 14 years.

There are numerous types of trees and shrubs which can be cultivated as bonsai, such as Azalea, Ficus, Cypress, Norfolk Island Pine, Juniper and Japanese Maple, to name a few.

Bonsai artists prune and train their small plants—which can be anything from bald cypress to juniper trees—with the help of specific bonsai scissors and years of expertise.

Bonsai tree heists are on the rise in California. Are they driven by profit, or “obsession”? Last month’s thefts at Bonsai Garden in Lake Merritt were only the latest in a series of such crimes ...

Like many bonsai artists, Dietz keeps his plantings lined up on benches outside his home in the summer, and he mulches pots containing hardy bonsai trees along the ground for the winter.

Diarmuid Gavin: How to grow a bonsai tree Reap the creative and meditative rewards of maintaining one of these unique miniature beauties ...