Doug Green's Gardening reflects the daily garden lessons and rants of this professional garden writer. He shares what really goes on in the garden and his mind rather than the sanitized versions found in his websites and articles.
This bonsai in the Japanese Pavillion at the Montreal Botanic Garden is 255 years old. Now that sign hasn't changed for a few years now but still... this is a long time to live in a pot.
Every time I see this plant, I simply stand in front of it and wonder what it has seen - who has cared for it - fed it - pruned it - indeed loved it.
I silently thank them and the tree every chance I get.
posted by Doug Green @ 6:23 PM
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Hi- let me tell you I'm a full time garden writer - living on an island and building a brand new garden. This is a record of that garden building and exploring. I almost hesitate to tell you how long I've been in the nursery business (30 years give or take) but I've grown a lot of plants (killed a lot too) and there's just too many plants and too little time.
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Well said!!!!
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