Bonsai Garden at Lalbagh

October 14, 2013

Japanese style gateway to Bonsai Garden

At the garden is an interesting collection of 70+ plants... lets call them trees, their ages varying from 15 to 70 years. These pictures were shot by my niece.

ficus benjamina | 20 years

araucaria cookii | 25 years

ficus aastica veriegat | 15 years

ficus benghalensis | 30 years

barringtonia asiatica | 50 years

aleurites fordii | 50 years

polyalthia longifolia (false ashoka) | 15 years

casurina equisetifolia | 60 years

jacquinia aculeata | 35 years

ficus infectoria | 35 years

pithecolobium dulc | 30 years

bombax ceiba | 70 years

ficus nutens | 35 years

bambusa vulgaris | 20 years

bamboo

ficus benjamina | 30 years

ficus religios | 30 years

psidium guajava | 25 years

acacia ferrugineo banni | 50 years

And here's a tribute to all life forms- a hand-made obelisk depicting various organisms, from the smallest to the largest.

Evolution Obelisk

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