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treebeard55 · 04-03-2009, 08:30 PM

A few days ago I learned a little more about that Japanese white pine I mentioned, in the National Collection.

At 380-some years, that tree is the oldest in the Japanese part of the Collection, and maybe the oldest overall. The family that donated it to us are from Hiroshima, or at least were living there during World War II. Their bonsai were kept against a high wall in the back garden, and on the morning of August 6, 1945, that wall shielded the trees from the blast of the atomic bomb.

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treebeard55 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Warsaw IN, USA USDA zone 5b Posts: 511	A few days ago I learned a little more about that Japanese white pine I mentioned, in the National Collection. At 380-some years, that tree is the oldest in the Japanese part of the Collection, and maybe the oldest overall. The family that donated it to us are from Hiroshima, or at least were living there during World War II. Their bonsai were kept against a high wall in the back garden, and on the morning of August 6, 1945, that wall shielded the trees from the blast of the atomic bomb. __________________ Treebeard 55 Steve Moore http://hoosierbonsai.blogspot.com The most important bonsai tool is your brain.