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Are you looking for something more adventurous in the art of bonsai gardening?  If so, you need not be content with the more traditional deciduous, coniferous or occasional fruit trees as the sole items in your collection.  Your choices can range to the more exotic bonsai varieties which will help expand your skills.
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Bonsai gardening is a timeless art form of literally miniaturizing trees.  The art itself is well over 2000 years old, and started during China’s Han dynasty.  The Chinese word meaning bonsai gardening, pen’jing, means “tray scenery” or “tree or shrub planted in a shallow tray”.  It was called bonsai by the Japanese, who adopted the practice around the ninth century. 
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