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Drop Branch Murphy
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Which trees ended up winning the prizes?
Here you go Lars. This was taken from Bill's Facebook page. I don't recall individual names but Adair's pine won best conifer and Tom Bjornholm's American hornbeam for best in show!
Best of Show- Tropical
Willowleaf fig
Best of Show- Conifer
Japanese White Pine
Best of Show- Deciduous
American hornbeam
Best of Show- Display
Princess persimmon
American Bonsai Society Award- Native
American hornbeam display
Congrats to all the winners. Really nice show!! Great to see many of you there and a good time was had by all.
Some really great looking trees thanks for sharing. I really like the setup with the horizontal tree. Different and fun.
https://www.bonsainut.com/attachments/2bd154e1-e384-45d4-9f21-ca6e4390a71f-jpeg.169255/
Rodney Clemons put that one together. He collected that pond cypress, and it apparently had been growing like that when he found it.Some really great looking trees thanks for sharing. I really like the setup with the horizontal tree. Different and fun.
https://www.bonsainut.com/attachments/2bd154e1-e384-45d4-9f21-ca6e4390a71f-jpeg.169255/
Here you go Lars. This was taken from Bill's Facebook page. I don't recall individual names but Adair's pine won best conifer and Tom Bjornholm's American hornbeam for best in show!
Best of Show- Tropical
Willowleaf fig
Best of Show- Conifer
Japanese White Pine
Best of Show- Deciduous
American hornbeam
Best of Show- Display
Princess persimmon
American Bonsai Society Award- Native
American hornbeam display
Congrats to all the winners. Really nice show!! Great to see many of you there and a good time was had by all.
Rodney Clemons put that one together. He collected that pond cypress, and it apparently had been growing like that when he found it.
Yes, that was Rodney Clemons' display. I would have preferred to have the main tree on a taller stand or accent much lower. But it was definitely a different and eye catching design.
Interesting thought. In nature you would expect the cypress to be very low with palms growing up in the upraised areas around it. I agree though that to my bonsai sensibilities, the cypress should be higher up.
Yes, that was Rodney Clemons' display. I would have preferred to have the main tree on a taller stand or accent much lower. But it was definitely a different and eye catching design.
I spoke to Rodney at length about this. He said he was torn with how he should place the cypress in relation to the palm while trying to create a display representing the floor of the Everglades with the fallen cypress being the key element. A smaller, shorter Sago palm would have probably worked better. If anything, he wishes he had been able to raise all the elements about 18" so the viewing audience wouldn't have to bend over to see everything.Interesting thought. In nature you would expect the cypress to be very low with palms growing up in the upraised areas around it. I agree though that to my bonsai sensibilities, the cypress should be higher up.