Ruth Ann Brown in Portland, Oregon just had her Chinese Parasol seed sprouted. Take a look at Ruth's extensive documentations of her Parasol sprout in many sites. Ruth's sprout is the first Chinese Parasol sprout in the US after Yuki Kimura's in Kyoto, Japan. Congrats, Ruth!
Hibaku trees: the trees that survived the atomic bombings/Nature tells us with no ideological standpoint about war atomic bombs peace nature and the environment - Dr. Chikara Horiguchi 原爆にも耐え生きる被曝樹木/自然は戦争 原子爆弾 命 ネイチャー 環境などをイデオロギーに関係なく語ってくれます - 樹木医堀口力 Grow your hibaku tree: treeprojects@gmail.com