Bonsai Pictures
I never knew that bonsai trees could look so stunningly realistic. Certainly, they are very real and alive tiny trees, but the trimming and maintenance patterns employed in this example by John Naka are tree-mendous. Ha! The caption for that linked picture:
John Naka’s famous bonsai masterpiece “Goshin,” on display at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum of the National Arboretum in Washington, DC. It consists of 11 Foemina juniper trees (Juniperus chinensis ‘Foemina’), representing Naka’s 11 grandchildren. In this photo, the “back” of the bonsai is facing outward.
For more bonsai greatness, check out the tree on the far right of this picture of bonsais at the Melbourne Zoo. That perfectly shaped specimen is a “Weeping Ficus” and it is 45 years old. Man, the Japanese have such cool arts.
Comments
Nils
Wait, so bonsai trees usually have bigger leaves like we see in the other pictures? Because the first picture you link to makes it look like a tiny coniferous tree of sorts. So, if I’m reading you right, the caretaker has to delicately trim those leaves to make that effect? That is cool.
Nils
Should have read the bonsai article before making that assumption. Now I get it, and wow, it looks really difficult to raise one.