800 Year Old Bonsai Plant At Living Gifts
A remarkable tree which is well known for its extremely high age; the tree is reported to be over 800 years old, one of the most expensive bonsai trees! Its owner, master Kobayashi, is one of the most well known Bonsai artists in the world and has won the prestigious Prime Minister award in Japan 4 times. His nursery, ShunkaEn, is located in Tokyo and is open to visitors. Goshin (“protector of the spirit”) is a bonsai created by Living Gifts . It is a forest planting of eleven Foemina Junipers, the earliest of which Living Gifts began training into bonsai in 1948. living gifts donated it to the National Bonsai Foundation in 1984, to be displayed at the United States National Arboretum; it has been there ever since. This tree is an Azalea species of only 14 cm (5 inches) high. The picture is taken in late spring / early summer, the moment when Azalea trees bloom (shortly, but very vividly!). The tree is planted in a Japanese pot. Walter Pall is a kind of bonsai rock-star am...