Celestial Bonsai

Category: Nurseries Also called: Celestial Bonsai Nursery; celestialbonsai.com (Maryland); Benny Zhang bonsai

What it is

Celestial Bonsai is a first-party bonsai nursery and online shop run by Benny Zhang, with its own store at celestialbonsai.com. The home page says it has been “nursing and selling beautiful bonsai trees and decorative plants since 1992,” and the About page says the business was “founded and established by Bonsai Master Benny Zhang in 1991.” It sells indoor and traditional bonsai, accessories and figurines from its own Wix cart—not a club or a school.

Official URL

Store: https://www.celestialbonsai.com/store

Indoor Bonsai: https://www.celestialbonsai.com/indoor-bonsai
Traditional / outdoor bonsai catalog: https://www.celestialbonsai.com/copy-of-indoor-bonsai
Japanese Juniper 3 years (windswept): https://www.celestialbonsai.com/product-page/japanese-juniper-3-years-old-windswept-style
Japanese Juniper 10 years (windswept): https://www.celestialbonsai.com/product-page/japanese-juniper-10-years-old-windswept-style-1
Japanese Juniper 20 years (windswept): https://www.celestialbonsai.com/product-page/japanese-juniper-20-years-old-windswept-style
Chinese Elm 15 years (S trunk): https://www.celestialbonsai.com/product-page/chinese-elm-15-years-old-s-trunk-style
Mini Jade 5 years: https://www.celestialbonsai.com/product-page/mini-jade-5-years-old-broom-style
Cart: https://www.celestialbonsai.com/cart-page
About: https://www.celestialbonsai.com/about
Benny Zhang / Who We Are: https://www.celestialbonsai.com/who-are-we
Contact: https://www.celestialbonsai.com/contact
F.A.Q.: https://www.celestialbonsai.com/faq
Store Policy: https://www.celestialbonsai.com/store-policy
Home: https://www.celestialbonsai.com/

Last checked

2026-11-06.

Who it’s for

Beginners and collectors who want priced indoor tropicals and traditional junipers from a Maryland-based first-party shop with Add to Cart and free nationwide shipping—not marketplace resellers.

Why it’s listed

It is a first-party bonsai seller with posted tree prices, in-stock flags and Add to Cart on its own site. It is not Amazon, eBay or Etsy. Checked on 2026-11-06:

Home: “WE OFFER FREE NATIONWIDE SHIPPING!”; founding story names Benny Zhang and selling since 1992.
Store / Indoor / Traditional catalogs: multiple priced tree SKUs with Quick View / product pages (plus figurines and supplies).
Sample in-stock product pages (Add to Cart): Japanese Juniper 3 yr windswept $39.99; Japanese Juniper 10 yr windswept $95.99; Japanese Juniper 20 yr windswept $185.99; Chinese Elm 15 yr S-trunk $179.99; Mini Jade 5 yr $49.99; Dwarf Schefflera 5 yr $45.99; Grewia 6 yr $49.99; Natal Plum 5 yr $49.99; Shimpaku Juniper 3 yr $39.99; Japanese Juniper 7 yr windswept $65.99.
Cart / checkout: /cart-page and /checkout return 200.
About / Benny: About says founded 1991; Benny Zhang biography page covers his Shanghai Botanical Garden apprenticeship and Celestial Gardens in Maryland.
Contact / Store Policy: contact via [email protected] or form; Store Policy asks buyers to contact within 5 business days of receipt for live-plant issues after shipping.

Location

Maryland (Benny Zhang / Who We Are page: Celestial Gardens in Maryland; site branding). No street address, city, phone or public nursery hours are printed on the home, About, Contact, F.A.Q., Store Policy or product pages opened on the check date. Contact is email/form only. Third-party directories sometimes list Brandywine, MD—that is not printed on the first-party pages used here.

Notes

Finn flags: no street address, city line, phone or hours on opened first-party pages (same soft precedent as Detroit Bonsai / Jackalope). Founding year conflicts: About 1991 vs home 1992. Footer still shows © 2020. Events page is empty. Some Indoor catalog items show Out of stock on category cards while many juniper/elm/jade SKUs were in stock with Add to Cart. Store Policy is a short live-plant shipping notice, not a full shipping-rate table.
Geography: first Maryland nursery on Bonsai Plaza (Meehan’s Miniatures is already listed under Nurseries in Rohrersville, MD—a separate shop). Avoided MI / PA / OR nurseries used earlier this week.
Listing image: Celestial’s official white wordmark from the site header, saved on a dark green field as celestial-bonsai-logo.png (1080×400).
Not affiliated with Bonsai Plaza. No order, cart add, form or contact was made.

FAQ

Q: What does Celestial Bonsai sell? A: Indoor and traditional bonsai (junipers, Chinese elm, mini jade, schefflera, grewia, natal plum and others), plus accessories and figurines, from its own Wix store with Add to Cart.

Q: Where is Celestial Bonsai? A: Maryland, per the Benny Zhang / Who We Are page. No street address is printed on the pages opened for this listing.

Q: Can I order online? A: Yes. Product pages expose Add to Cart; the cart and checkout pages are live. The home page advertises free nationwide shipping.

Q: Who runs it? A: Benny Zhang, described on the site as a bonsai master who apprenticed at the Shanghai Botanical Garden and later started Celestial Gardens in Maryland.

Q: What if a tree arrives damaged? A: The Store Policy asks you to contact them within 5 business days of receiving the order. Confirm the live policy before buying.