A few nice ginseng bonsai images I found:
fountain in park
Image by Balaji.B
Captured in Semmozhi park – Botanical garden in Chennai -India
Semmozhi Poonga, literally translated to "Classical Language Park", is the world-class botanical garden near Anna flyover in Chennai by the horticulture department. The garden was opened on 24 November 2010. The garden is located in the Cathedral Road-Anna Salai junction, opposite to the American Consulate, on the erstwhile Drive-in Woodlands Hotel. Encompassing an area of 20 acres[1], the botanical garden is being built at a cost of INR 80 million. More than 500 species of plants are being grown in the area, in addition to the 80 trees that was already in existence during the development of the park, some of them being more than 100 years old. The garden houses some of the popular exotic flora and rare plant species, medicinal and aromatic herbs. Many of the exotic plants are imported from countries like China and Thailand, including a plethora of bonsai varieties of ficus, microcarpa and ficus ginseng.
[edit] History
The area in which the botanical garden stands today was formerly the location of the Woodlands Drive-In restaurant. Early in 1989, the Tamil Nadu Government had set in motion the closure of the restaurant. After almost two decades, the restaurant ended its operation on 12 April 2008, and the land was handed over to the government.
[edit] The Garden
The garden has a wide variety of indigenous species across 22 exclusive areas including palm court, tree court, golden garden, rock garden, butterfly garden, fern garden and theme garden. Twenty-five thematic gardens, including herbal, aromatic, maze and cascade adorn every corner of the park. The garden boasts several exotic herbal species and 90-odd spiralshaped and multi-branched miniature trees grown in containers.[2] The Bonsai garden is dotted with trees whose height range from 1 foot to 4 feet. At the fag end of the park is the Cascade garden.
The arch near the entrance plaza is a vertical garden which is a unique feature of the botanical garden. The vertical garden, with an inbuilt irrigation and drain system for easy maintenance, is 22 feet long and 14 feet high intended to improve the scenic beauty of the park at the entrance.[3] The arch is covered by 7,000 plants from 35 different species including dracena, lilies, ophiopogon, schefflera, phylloden-dron and flowering plants like krishnagantha. The 10-feet-high green wall has plants raised in a poly trace imported from Canada. Micro-tube irrigation has been arranged for watering the plants. The plants cling to the 700-sq.ft. wall, which serves as the entry point. A butterfly garden near the cascade fountains along the Anna flyover has been carved up into the shape of a butterfly, with flowering plants of more than 30 species completely fenced. The aroma garden acts as a welcoming greenhouse for winged visitors, with species like parijatham and pavalamalli found to flock the place in bulk. An amphitheatre with concrete benches and covered by ferns has been built on the rear side of garden to host social and cultural functions. Other features of the garden include disabled-friendly ramps, a mural walk-through, and areas dotted with fountains, vertical gardens, ponds and cascades.
There is also a plan to build a 10-ft-high monolithic structure, with 'Semmozhi Poonga' carved on it to welcome the visitors.
bonsaibaba
Image by davidaola
ficus ginseng.
ginseng vuol dire ‘radice uomo’, perchè è a forma di uomo.
solo che stavolta è a forma di donna…
Bonsai, Cool, Ginseng, images
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