tree project

Three Platanus Trees that survived the atomic bombing at Tenma Elementary School in Hiroshima city, Japan. Platanus Platanus is a small genus of trees native to the Northern Hemisphere . They are known as planes or plane trees . They are all large trees to 30–50 m tall, deciduous (except P. kerrii ), and are mostly found in riparian or other wetland habitats in the wild, though proving drought -tolerant in cultivation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B9 This is the famous Hibaku Plantanus Tree which has burned hole. On every Hibaku trees, the city of Hiroshima put signs with the names of the trees as well as some history. It says in Japanese, this Platanus was given to the school for the celebration of graduation in 1931. In 1945, August 6th, by the atomic bomb, the whole elementary school buildings burned down and many children as well as teachers got hurt. This Pl...

So these are the seeds and seedlings that I brought back from Hiroshima in March 2006, and they were still in a plastic bags. Now I have given them all to people, planted them with high school kids in NY as a workshop and planted one myself. So I used all the seeds and seedlings from Hiroshima. 此方が２００6年3月に広島からもって帰った種と苗です。まだプラスチックの袋のままでした。現在は種と苗を全て、いろんな人に与えたり、ニューヨークの高校生とワークショップとして植えたり、我が家の鉢にも植えたりしました。　広島の種と苗は全てなくなりました。 Ginkgo 　 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo イチョウ（銀杏）　 http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6 ソテツ　 http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%86%E3%83%84 Cycas revoluta　 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycas_revoluta Persimmon　 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persimmon カキノキ　 http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%8E%E3%82%AD The Seedlings of Ginkgo 　 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo イチョウ（銀杏）の苗　 http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6