{"product_id":"artificial-bonsai-pine-tree-17-in-potted-tabletop","title":"Artificial Bonsai Pine Tree — 17 in, Potted Tabletop Piece","description":"\u003cp\u003eA plastic Japanese-style bonsai pine, one size at 17 in. Moulded plastic, coloured green, and boxed at roughly 5 lb, it's a static tabletop piece that holds its shape indefinitely with none of the maintenance a live bonsai demands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA real bonsai is not a small houseplant — it's a decades-long discipline: specific watering, root pruning on a schedule, and wiring the branches to hold a shape. Most gift bonsai bought for someone else are dead within a year, because the person who receives one rarely signs up for the maintenance that comes attached to it. That's the honest case for a plastic bonsai: it holds the shape someone chose for it indefinitely, with none of the skill required to keep the real thing alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat are the exact dimensions and materials?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eHeight \/ size\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eFoliage material\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlastic, green\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eTrunk\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNot specified\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePot\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNot specified\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eLeaf count\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNot specified\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eUV rating\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNot specified\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePlacement\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIndoor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eBoxed weight\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5 lb\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePackage quantity\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eStyle\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJapanese bonsai styling\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eArtificial bonsai, or a real one?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eThis piece\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eLive bonsai pine\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTime commitment\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDecades. Bonsai is a discipline practised over the life of the tree, not a houseplant you water and forget.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSkill required\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoot pruning, wiring, and seasonal repotting on a schedule — get any of it wrong and the tree declines.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSurvival rate as a gift\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIndefinite\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMost gift bonsai die within a year, because the recipient didn't choose the commitment\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOngoing cost\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNothing further\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWire, soil amendments, and often a specialist to consult when it struggles\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWhat it cannot do\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNever changes, never responds to care\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA living bonsai rewards decades of attention with a form no artificial piece will ever have\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe honest case for a real bonsai is that it's a relationship, not a purchase — the shaping happens over years and the tree is different every season. Choose the real one only if you actually want that discipline, not the gift-shop version of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat arrives in the box, and what do I have to do to it?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a small, largely pre-formed piece rather than a floor tree with branches folded flat for transit, so there's little hand-opening required. It arrives potted and ready to place; expect only minor fluffing of the foliage after unboxing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspect the pot and the base before you accept delivery and photograph anything damaged before you unpack further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWho should not buy this?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who wants a genuine bonsai practice. This is a static plastic piece. If shaping and tending a living tree over years is the actual interest, a real bonsai is the one to choose.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutdoor or covered-outdoor placement. This is an indoor piece with no UV rating; keep it off a sunny windowsill for long periods too.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCommon questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIs this a real bonsai tree?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. It's moulded plastic, coloured green and styled to resemble a Japanese bonsai pine. A genuine bonsai is a live tree kept small through decades of root pruning and wiring, and most bonsai given as gifts die within their first year because that maintenance was never taken on. This piece needs none of it — no watering, no pruning, no wiring — and it will look the same in ten years as it does on the day it arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow tall is this bonsai?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDoes it come with a pot?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's potted, and the product photography shows it sitting in a small container; the pot's material and colour aren't specified. If that detail matters to your decision, confirm with us before ordering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCan I put this outside?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe wouldn't recommend it. This is an indoor piece, and no UV rating is published for the plastic foliage. Unrated plastic left in direct sun for an extended period is the kind of material most likely to fade, discolour or become brittle over a season or two. Treat this strictly as an indoor tabletop piece — a desk, a shelf, a windowsill out of direct afternoon sun — and it should hold its colour indefinitely under those conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eververda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48234541089004,"sku":"EV-BON-0610","price":829.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/5263\/9980\/files\/hf_20260830_232815_48c8f168-9802-4a78-9905-22e86b644ee9.png?v=1788133804","url":"https:\/\/checkout.eververda.com\/products\/artificial-bonsai-pine-tree-17-in-potted-tabletop","provider":"Eververda","version":"1.0","type":"link"}