Japanese Flowering apricot (Prunus mume). This would be a remarkable tree even without the flowers. With the flowers... well, you can see for yourself. The tree resides at Bonsai Aichien in Japan.
Speaking of snow, we’re expecting a foot or more over the next day or so. Time to run to the store to stock up on half and half. Meanwhile, we’ll borrow today’s post from February 2014.
Both the photos here were posted on facebook by Juan Andrade who is (was?) an apprentice at Bonsai Aichien and a great source of excellent bonsai photos.
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Bonsai Aichien Nursery. This photo could almost pass as black and white with the snow and the diminished light. BTW: have you ever noticed all the power lines in photos from Japanese nurseries?
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