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A forest-style bonsai, in training since 1988, features Bald-cypress and Pond-cypress (Taxodium
distichum var. distichum and Taxodium distichum var. inbricarium) from southwest Florida,
planted together on a rock slab.
A Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia) is another tree that can grow to 60 feet or
more in nature. A forest planting of Chinese Elms begun in 1970 by Marybel
Balendonck, a student of John Naka in California, shows how the trees can be
grouped together artfully, creating the illusion that strong winds have forced
them to lean from right to left.
A Blue Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica Glauca Group) also presents an
illusion. It appears to be clinging to the side of a cliff, the trunk and branches
pulled down by gravity instead of reaching up to the light. In nature, this
evergreen conifer is a native of the Atlas Mountains that straddle Morocco and
Algeria in North Africa. It can grow to a height of 60 feet and a width of 40 feet.
Created in 1960, the Blue Atlas cascade-style bonsai was a gift to the

National Bonsai & Penjing Museum from Frederic and Ernesta Drinker Ballard
from Philadelphia. Mr. Ballard was the second president of the National Bonsai
Foundation. Mrs. Ballard, a student of Yuji Yoshimura, served as Executive
Director of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society from 1963 to 1981. Many
credit her with turning the famous Philadelphia Flower Show into an
internationally renowned event.