Seven trees, worth US$118,000, were stolen from the garden of Fuyumi and Seiji Iimura, a fifth-generation bonsai cultivator. Fuyumi Iimuri said the trees were as precious as children, and begged ...

How to grow: Japanese holly. ... The smallest form, 'Mariesii', makes an ideal trough plant and is sometimes used in bonsai. Ilex crenata was introduced into this country in 1864.