The weeping tree with the pretty flowers is called a scion. Scion sounds like real science-fiction here. And what it is, it's grafted on top of a tall, straight trunk, which is called the under stock.

The weeping fig needs a bright room with plenty of indirect sunlight, and perhaps even a little direct sun in the morning. In ...

Spring has arrived early at the Hakone Venetian Glass Museum here, with visitors enjoying the sight of trees adorned with ...