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Report as a 1600 year old plant.
1600 year old bonzai tree
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Very nice. There is an amazing amount of work in this display. I would like to see the pedigree.
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I wonder myself. I got the pic off of reddit and that site has an amazing quantity of fake news. I searched the pic on go ogle and jack pine and black pine are names being used on seed sites to describe similiar pictures of the plant.
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It's still lovely no matter how old it is 
Mine's for sale at just under $16,000
We're growing an ivy plant up it next year and will take off the leaves of that to produce a second smaller set, using the smallest leaved variety that we have, hedera helix, goldheart
Mine's for sale at just under $16,000
We're growing an ivy plant up it next year and will take off the leaves of that to produce a second smaller set, using the smallest leaved variety that we have, hedera helix, goldheart
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I will remain skeptical about the age of that bonsai. If it were documented, it would be far more expensive than $16,000. There are bonsai that have sold at auction for over a million dollars. I believe that one sold recently for $1,600,000. One was reported to have sold several years ago for $2 million but that can’t be documented. Now as for the trees in the picture, it couldn’t be that be that old and have that small configuration. Nevertheless I would sure like to have that bonsai.
Just tell you the world is full of suckers! My esteem for humans suffer another dent! LOL! So many good deeds can be done at that price. More training for doctors, nurses .. good technological advancement or even planting trees to offset CO2 footprint!
I'm planting trees to offset my financial footprint
https://www.gardening-forums.com/threads/ancient-westcountry-art-of-degirting.15119/#post-155221
I'm planting trees to offset my financial footprint
https://www.gardening-forums.com/threads/ancient-westcountry-art-of-degirting.15119/#post-155221
Some more Handkerchief trees, Viburnum Plicatum Mariesii or even Kilimanjaro. Or Cornus Controversa variegata!
We can all agree that it isn't 1,600 years old, but it's not photo-shopped. Tree #13 is wired to re-rod, and at least 6 other trees are wired. That probably means it was recently re-potted. It is magnificent art and the kind of Hinokis probably collected from the wilds. It is indeed One of the most famous forests by Mr. Kimura. The photo here is the other side, perhaps because of the wire and re-rod. Generally speaking, there is only one side or one view of a bonsai that is considered The Front. But, if you of the ilk of Mr. Kimura, you can, perhaps routinely create great art that is great art from any view. There aren't many like him, now or ever before.
Also see another of his forests considered among the ten best bonsai in the world.
Also see another of his forests considered among the ten best bonsai in the world.
Kimura San must be a genius. I can't even grow a privet in a bonsai. Some people just have the know-how When I mentioned that I'd like to fashion a cloud tree, neighbour's daughter utter a sigh of disgust. Each to his/her own. I don't mind bonsai or cloud trees. To be able to keep such a plant going for so long requires a lot of effort and a bit of genius as well.