A centuries-old bonsai that survived the bombing of Hiroshima ... more on the tree's role in peace than in war. The Japanese white pine, which was potted 390 years ago, belonged to a family ...

At 390 years old, the Japanese white pine was already notable as the oldest specimen in the bonsai collection at Washington, D.C.’s National Arboretum. Then, in 2001, two brothers showed up at ...

Thursday marks the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. The Japanese White Pine is in the Arboretum’s National Bonsai and Penjing Museum. The tree was donated in 1976 by bonsai master ...

The Yamaki family, well known for operating a commercial bonsai nursery in the city, had trained the Japanese white pine in a pot for several generations. "It is the tree in this national ...

Potted trident maples, Japanese white pine and cascade style Korean wild ... But all are connected by the aesthetic and artistic ideals of bonsai. “I think it’s rewarding just to see how ...

and a Japanese white pine that has been cultivated (or "in training," as bonsai insiders call it) for almost 400 years! The trees are constantly watered, pruned, and even wired into position ...

There are many species of Pine trees, but not all are suitable for bonsai cultivation. Japanese White Pine, Black Pine, and Scots Pine are some of the most commonly used species for Pine bonsai.

Shiki 1, a Japanese White Pine Bonsai suspended from a weather ballon as it ascends to the edge of space for artist Azuma Makoto's project Exobiotanica Azuma Makoto The New York Times’ T ...

In the right spot, Japanese white pines can ... MidAtlantic Bonsai Societies Spring Festival highlights Hunter’s white pine is one of four of his largest bonsai in a collection of about 125.

The 38-year-old artist from Tokyo used large helium balloons to send his two botanical arrangements into space: “Shiki 1,” a Japanese white pine bonsai tree suspended from a metal frame ...