Trick-or-treat! Hope you enjoy our Halloween inspired display, featuring a spooky Japanese Elm, scroll with moon and bats, accented by a classic Halloween candy.

Japanese Elm, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica, In training since 1906, Donated by Shyunichi Sato.

Thankfully things in Washington got sorted out in time for our annual fall exhibition. The exhibit runs from October 26 – November 10. Trees will be rotated in and out as they come into peak color and I will post addition pictures as we change them.

Bradford Pear, Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’, In training since 1976, Styled by the first curator Bob Drechsler.

Three point display: Pomegranate bonsai, scroll with gourd and calligraphy, and contorted mondo grass.

 Pomegranate, Punica granatum, In training since 1963, Donated by Alice Naka.

 Contorted mondo grass, Ophiopogon chingii.

Trident Maple, Acer buergerianum, Age unknown, Donated by Stanley Chin.

 English Hawthorn, Crataegus oxycantha,  In training since 1955, Donated by Bertra Bruenner.

 Close-up of trunk and fruit.

 Three point display: Crabapple bonsai, scroll of Mt. Fuji and rising sun, and Japanese forest grass accent.

 Toringo Crabapple, Malus seiboldii ‘Toringo’, In training since 1905, Donated by Shyuichi Ueda.

 Japanese forest grass,

Strano questo anno…una primavera fredda e piovosa, un’estate corta e un autunno sin qui molto più caldo della media…mha …è anche le mie latifoglie ne risentono.
Così, vicino ai colori caldi dell’autunno risaltano i fiori del chubai e del ciliegio.

Ma la regina incontrastata dell’autunno è il Ginko nel suo momento magico

Zelkova e alcuni aceri cominciano ora a colorare

Ma i più spettacolari in questa stagione sono i boschi

Tra pochi giorni pulitura, via il concime, trattamenti preventivi e tutti pronti per il lungo sonno invernale .