About 7 years back, some of the friends got together and had the bright idea organising a tree planting drive. For the purpose it was decided to grow saplings from seeds of the Gulmohar trees lining the street. By common consent the seeds were planted and nurtured in empty half-litre Pepsi soda bottles whose top had been cut off and not in the usual growing bags.
A dozen or so saplings sprouted and were distributed in due course. One of the saplings was somehow misplaced and over the last 6 years kept popping up here and there.
At one time in the backyard hugging the Vilva or Stone Apple tree. Another summer shading under the Banana trees. Last couple of years it managed to gang with the pots of the rooftop container garden.
Couple of months back my brother discovered it and exclaimed, ‘hey, we have a Bonsai tree right here. Seems to have developed a little bit of character too!’.
Then the 'bonsai tree' went on the back-burner for couple of months, till it sort of peeked out of the jumble last week.
To cut the story short, the Gulmohar Bonsai tree made the transition from the cut off Pepsi bottle to a ‘bon’ of its own. Mind you, it is not a true or prime example of a Bonsai tree as the intention was never to grow one, but to plant it on a roadside as a public service.
Here are the snapshots of the Bonsai tree in the Pepsi PET bottle and then replanted in its own Bon.
Still, does look nice, isn’t it?
What I need to do now is haunt old book stores to search for a nice book on the Art of Bonsai. Does anyone have a copy to loan?
:-D
A dozen or so saplings sprouted and were distributed in due course. One of the saplings was somehow misplaced and over the last 6 years kept popping up here and there.
At one time in the backyard hugging the Vilva or Stone Apple tree. Another summer shading under the Banana trees. Last couple of years it managed to gang with the pots of the rooftop container garden.
Couple of months back my brother discovered it and exclaimed, ‘hey, we have a Bonsai tree right here. Seems to have developed a little bit of character too!’.
Then the 'bonsai tree' went on the back-burner for couple of months, till it sort of peeked out of the jumble last week.
To cut the story short, the Gulmohar Bonsai tree made the transition from the cut off Pepsi bottle to a ‘bon’ of its own. Mind you, it is not a true or prime example of a Bonsai tree as the intention was never to grow one, but to plant it on a roadside as a public service.
Here are the snapshots of the Bonsai tree in the Pepsi PET bottle and then replanted in its own Bon.
Still, does look nice, isn’t it?
What I need to do now is haunt old book stores to search for a nice book on the Art of Bonsai. Does anyone have a copy to loan?
:-D
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