Apparently a couple of Gingkos survived from nearby and are still going strong. Amazing!
Cheers
Mo
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| Author: | John M [ 04 Aug 2015, 15:53 ] |
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There are several references on 'Yahoo News' to a bonsai tree which has survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima. Very topical with the 70th anniversary of the bombing due on 6th August this year. One link: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world ... -hiroshima If true, it represents an extraordinary survival story. I wonder what people think? J. |
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| Author: | PeterBone [ 04 Aug 2015, 16:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Could this be possible? |
I don't see any reason to disbelieve it. As one news story says, the tree was 2 miles from ground zero and sheltered by a wall. The story says that news footage exists of the tree in the background shortly after the detonation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/th ... d=pm_pop_b |
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| Author: | Deano [ 04 Aug 2015, 16:29 ] |
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LOADS MORE PHOTOS AND INFO HERE https://www.bonsai-nbf.org/hiroshima-survivor/ |
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| Author: | bonsaibirdy [ 04 Aug 2015, 22:16 ] |
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Apparently a couple of Gingkos survived from nearby and are still going strong. Amazing! Cheers Mo
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| Author: | Artistmike [ 05 Aug 2015, 07:35 ] |
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The Yamaki Pine is a very famous tree indeed, not only for it's survival of the bomb but for the way that Masaru Yamaki gifted it to the American people. To us though I suppose what should give a sense of perspective to our bonsai work is that this tree has been given constant daily care since 1625 and that, is a very long time indeed. ... It rather dwarfs the efforts of any one bonsai enthusiast's life and really demonstrates that it's really all about the trees.... |
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| Author: | John M [ 05 Aug 2015, 09:45 ] |
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That's a good point about constant care, Mike. Reminds me of the story of a tourist who goes into an Oxford College and sees an old gardener pushing a mower across a perfect flat green lawn in the main quad. "Excuse me", says the tourist, "I just wanted to say what a wonderful lawn you have there. How long does it take to get it in that condition?" "Well", says the gardener "You just mow it every other day, and roll it every day, and it comes up lovely". 'That's wonderful" says the tourist, 'and for how long would you need to do that?" "Oh, about 500 years," says the gardener. J. |
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