Black Pine Slab Planting

This is the first Japanese Black Pine Slab Planting in 48 years at The Australian Bonsai Gallery.  The inspiration for this planting came from a visit to the Hikone Castle garden, 'Genkyu-en' on Lake Biwa Japan.

Most certainly not a copy of this huge black pine but an inspiration none the less.

My black pine is well over 40 years old but I would say that you could add a zero to the age of the Genkyu-en pine.