just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Aaawwwwe man.... I don't have it....
So sorry. I looked at that one longer than any of them today, and didn't snap a pic....
Shame on me.
REALLY Nice Trees! Pics!
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So sorry. I looked at that one longer than any of them today, and didn't snap a pic....
Shame on me.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
The person I was with today may have the pic of Goshin, I'll see if I can get it.
Hah, it reminds me something.
BTW , I wanted to watch live the world cycling championship from the Quatar today, I missed it somehow, but Peter Sagan didn't say his last word. Now I have to enjoy it recorded...
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Yes indeed....
I do notice, when looking at the placard in front of Goshin, you notice that in the original planting, every tree had an apex of foliage. Today most of the trees, if not all 11 of them are jinned on top.
Looks great either way.
I do notice, when looking at the placard in front of Goshin, you notice that in the original planting, every tree had an apex of foliage. Today most of the trees, if not all 11 of them are jinned on top.
Looks great either way.
LanceMac10
Imperial Masterpiece
Love when folks share trips like these!!
Nice shots!
Does make your own material seem a little "puny", right?!?!
My trees and I like to share a uneasy laugh when we see pics like these.....
Thanks again, @just.wing.it
Nice shots!
Does make your own material seem a little "puny", right?!?!
My trees and I like to share a uneasy laugh when we see pics like these.....
Thanks again, @just.wing.it
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Yall are very welcome!
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Yeah, I know what you mean, lol!Love when folks share trips like these!!
Nice shots!
Does make your own material seem a little "puny", right?!?!
My trees and I like to share a uneasy laugh when we see pics like these.....
Thanks again, @just.wing.it
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
In this area we are truly blessed with having the National Arboretum so close by. This was probably my main influence in getting into bonsai. From going there from the beginnings of my bonsai hobby, I knew bonsai were not those pathetic little things being sold on the roadside or Home Depot. I saw bonsai could be big to very large imposing trees, not cutesy, "oriental" twisted grotesqueries.
sdavis
Mame
[QUOTEIs that first pic a scots?
The first photo is a Miyajima JB pine. It has a great back-story in that it survived the Hiroshima A-bomb blast.
The first photo is a Miyajima JB pine. It has a great back-story in that it survived the Hiroshima A-bomb blast.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Unfortunately, that's one I don't have a photo of. Embarrassed to say that I think I deleted my only pic of that a while ago.
Did you see any of the renovation of the Japanese Pavilion? I think last time I was there, completion had been put off until next spring. Was supposed to be done this month.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Looked done from outside, but it was not open.
Roped off with caution tape.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Paradox
Imperial Masterpiece
Josh88
Shohin
If I'm not mistaken, that first picture of the JWP is a tree that was donated to the arboretum in 1976 for the bi-centennial with a group of 53 trees. What wasn't told to the curator at that time was that the tree began it's training in 1625, and survived the Hiroshima blast by being positioned close to a sheltering wall. The story of the tree was unknown until the grandsons of Masaru Yamaki, who donated the trees, came to the arboretum in 2001 to look at the tree, and shared it's amazing history. Great story.Took a stroll through the National Arboretum today and took a couple pics, not too many, but figured I'd post them, for the Bnuts who can't just stroll through on a whim.
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Now I feel bad, because I should have taken more pictures....
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
I ran across a BCI magazine issue from back then that gives the entire history of how the donated collection was put together and shipped to D.C. Very interesting reading. As you said, however, the history of the Yamaki pine isn't in it. It is the oldest bonsai in the collection, beginning its bonsai training in 1625, which is why it has the shape it has currently. Styles were not the same almost 400 years ago.
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