I live close to the National Arboretum and dropped by there this morning to snap some photos. I apologize for the poor quality of these pictures, but thought that those of you in this forum might find them interesting. Some of these specimens were a few hundred years old. Very impressive.
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that little pice of small black mondo grass was in need of weeding, w. you could have donr the volunteers a favotr and pulled it out and pocket it of course, can't leave weeds laying around.
LOL ... maybe I did ...
Interesting pictures. ;o) I was at the International Bonsai Show in D.C. in 2005, spring. I was there for a week, so I took a whole day to see the arboretum and the bonsai/penjing exhibits. I want to go back again! Both the arboretum and exhibits were breathtaking. Thanks for posting the pics.
Al
Really lovely and some nice ideas for the garden!
I've never tried bonsai myself, but I enjoyed this exhibit and do love the Asian garden designs. I would love a stone border that the one in the photos.
Cool pics, I didn't even there was a International Bonsai Show in D.C.!
Great ideas.
I just went to the Denver Botanical Gardens, I am trying to do an Asian themed garden with gravel pathways azaleas, rhodies. After seeing the garden in winter, wishing I was there in summer, it did help me grasp the asian gardening concept of gardening through the seasons, the Japanese Pines looked amazing the whole section of Japanese garden still had color and demention, wish I had made it there a few weeks earlier to see the changing of fall colors on the Japanese Maples.
I started planting Japanese maples this year, and need to add some Japanese pines, I like how they are pruned like bonsai's. I can't remember what it's called, there's a term for them.
Wrightie;
Nice pics. No. 7 is called "Goshen" and was created by the late John Yoshio Naka, held to be the father of American Bonsai. There are 13 trees in the forrest because he had 13 grandchildren.
Wally
Wally, thank you for the background on Goshen - it makes it so much more interesting, imo. Btw, #7 is one of my personal favorites. :)
Another of Goshen, taken at the international show in D.C. a couple of years back:
Al
Thank you for providing a lovely Tour. I enjoyed every photo☺
what type of tree is photo 4 and 7?
I'm sure that 4 is Pinus parvifolia and 7 is Juniperus rigida. Japanese white pine and needle juniper.
Al
Thank you tapla.
