Bonsai Trees

I visited Montreal Botanical Gardens

with my daughter and grandkids,

during Easter weekend. (2017)

I am sharing photos 

of beautiful bonsai trees,

 they have on display.

A lot of years and dedication

 go into creating a bonsai tree.

An art form using trees grown in containers 

that are trimmed to appear as

 a miniature of full size trees.

Bonsai can be created from nearly any 

perennial tree or shrub, that can be trimmed 

to remain small through pot confinement 

with crown and root pruning, 

preventing it to reach it's normal size.

A Chinese tradition that has spread worldwide.

Japanese Maple.

Maidenhair Tree 

Ginkgo Biloba

45 yrs. old

Wintercreeper Euonymus

Flaky Juniper

40 yrs. old

Chinese Elm 5 yrs.

Japanese Maple

Taiwan Trident Maple
95 yrs. old

Japanese White Pine ~35 yrs. old

Japanese Maple ~ 40 yrs. old

Thorny Elaeagnus ~ 40 yrs. old.

Chinese Peashrub ~ 40yrs. old.

Grenadier Pomegranate
 ~ 85 yrs. old ~

???

Japanese Maple ~ 45 yrs. old

Cork Bark
Japanese Black Pine 
~ 45yrs. old ~

Chinese Elm
~ 85 yrs. old ~

Chinese Sweetplum
~85 yrs ~

Cork Bark 
Japanese Black Pine
~ 55 yrs~

Trident Maple

~ 45 yrs ~

Ginkgo

Maidenhair Trees
~15 yrs ~

Chinese Elm 
~ 65 yrs old ~

Chinese Elm
 ~ 110 yrs. old ~ Wow!

Chinese Hackberry

~ 55 yrs  ~

?

I identified some of the trees. (hopefully correct). 
These trees are on display in

 one of the large Greenhouses.

I will return and visit the

Japanese Gardens nearby, where
there are a lot of other varieties 

and older bonsai trees displayed.

Thanks for your visit. 

🌳🌲🌴

Butterflies Go Free

I visited a "Butterflies Go Free" exhibition 

with my daughter and Grandkids, 

during Easter weekend. (2017)

An annual exhibit featuring thousands of 

live colourful butterflies and moths,

 set free, fluttering all around us, 

in the large greenhouse.

What a delightful experience.

These butterflies are here for a few weeks,

then gathered up and send to another city,

Rice Paper Butterflies

Blue Morpho -blue on the inside of the wings.

The entrance

Cobra Moth

 Mathieu, Suzanne and Sabrina

Feasting on food

Owl Butterfly

White Morpho

Monarch

Native to our region.

Golden Birdwing

Rice Paper and Tailed Jay

Owl Butterflies

Food

Golden Helicon

Blue Morpho

Cobra Moth

A Caterpillar on the leaf

Golden Birdwing

Blue Morpho

Oxfordshire

Lowi Swallowtail

Tailed Jay

A Moth?

Lowi Swallowtail

A lot of beautiful plants to attract the butterflies

This plant is a favourite

Banded Orange

The butterflies are in heaven amidst
the lush greenery and flowers.

Pink Rose and Postman Butterflies below

Tailed Jay and Monarch

Rice Paper

Blue Morpho-Blue on the inside.

Golden Helicon

A little booklet is available 
which helped me identify
 most of the species above...

A most enjoyable visit,

 to welcome Spring.

Thanks for your visit

🦋🦋🦋