The bonsai tree that would wind up in the office of CIA Director Gina C. Haspel began its life growing in the salty swamps of southern Florida. That’s where it was collected 30 years ago by Mary ...

WASHINGTON — In a small, arboreal corner of Washington, D.C., a relic of a horrific day 70 years ago lives in relative obscurity. A bonsai tree, part of a collection at the National Arboretum ...

The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum marks the 400th anniversary of the Yamaki Pine, an ancient tree that survived the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and has since become a symbol of peace.