Can some one here explain to me how bonsai tree work?

Are bonsai small tree by nature?, or are they "man made"?|||http://www.bonsaigardener.org/





Short answer is they are man-made. You won't find a bonsai tree in the middle of the forest. There ARE trees that are better to use for bonsai than others, and some that if you try to bonsai you just kill them.





The process is just keeping them in a small pot and doing special pruning and root pruning.|||http://www.bonsaisite.com/|||Bonsai trees start out as normal tree seedlings that are pruned, root pruned, and wire trained and generally not well fertilized.


There is more to it but this is the short answer.