Good things, small packages: Bonsai

Maine Gardener: Good things, small packages: Bonsai | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

Bonsai literally means a big tree in a small pot, but in practice, it is the art of creating dwarf plants and trees in ornamental trays.

 

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At O’Donal’s, Dave Remington examines a tropical bonsai. The tropical type is meant for indoor use.

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Dave Remington is -- among other things -- the bonsai specialist at O'Donal's Nursery in Gorham. He creates bonsai plants that are for sale in the shop, and conducts occasional classes in the art.

"There are indoor and outdoor bonsai," Remington said. "Evergreen and deciduous plants are used for outdoor bonsai. All of the indoor ones are tropicals."