Bonsai a tray or low-sided pot and sai, a planting or plantings, pronunciation is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated, and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese hòn non bộ. The Japanese tradition dates back over a thousand years, and has its own aesthetics and terminology.
Bonsai at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum at the United States National Arboretum

Japanese white pine from the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum at the United States National Arboretum.

source.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsai

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