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At the end of January, I was in Los Angeles for a brief time, visiting one art museum after another as part of a continuing education project. One of the museums we visited was the Huntington Library, which I knew had a bonsai collection. I had last seen this collection in 1984, when I was in Los Angeles for the Olympics as a spectator, not a competitor. To begin with, one area of the grounds had quite a few prunus mume which were in bloom. I've seen ume as bonsai many times, but never as a landscaped tree, so here are few pictures
You have to look closely at this picture because the ume has only a few flowers. I'm showing these for two reasons. 1) Actual Japanese flowering apricots often are skinny by bonsai standards. 2) Although I'm sure you can find ume that are totally covered with flowers, many aren't. This one is quite sparsely flowered. Now, on to the bonsai. Most of these pictures have the tag included.
You have to look closely at this picture because the ume has only a few flowers. I'm showing these for two reasons. 1) Actual Japanese flowering apricots often are skinny by bonsai standards. 2) Although I'm sure you can find ume that are totally covered with flowers, many aren't. This one is quite sparsely flowered. Now, on to the bonsai. Most of these pictures have the tag included.
