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bon·sai (bone-sigh) n.

Etymology: Japanese, literally, tray planting; a potted plant (as a tree) dwarfed and trained to an artistic shape by special methods of culture

Also: the art of growing such a plant

Plural: bonsai

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2009 Epcot Flower & Garden Festival

I attended this year's festival on Sunday, May3rd, 2009. It was 93 degrees, and the sun was a scorcher. I was extremely disappointed by this year's dinky little bonsai exhibit! In previous years there were a number of trees near Japan, and then another bunch of trees (penjing) up near China. This year, there were no trees by China. There were a number of very pretty trees, but this year they didn't even bother putting up the rattan screens behind the trees, so it was often difficult to get a decent shot of those trees placed in front of other green items. All in all, a fairly lousy exhibit and terribly disappointing. The standout tree for me was a Bougainvillea spectabilis, and the runnerup was a Trident maple forest on slab by Mike Rogers.

 

Published Wednesday, May 06, 2009 3:46 PM
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