The winning Bonsai Club display was for Newbury & District Bonsai Society and here are a few images of the individual elements of the display below and one tree that caught most peoples eye was an unusual Weigela which is a flowering shrub owned by Dave Cleveland.
Shohin entries into Class 6
Shohin Class 6 was defined by the size of the entry initially and all trees needed to be less than 12 inches in dimension on all sides, however depending on which definition you use the size of Shohin classification can vary but for this is was larger than the Mame classification and as stated all trees needed to be able to fit inside a 12 inch cube.
Conifers Class 4 and 1st place went to Bill Baker with his Scots Pine and this was also Best in Show
Conifer Class 4, and this is for all species of bonsai trees that are defined as conifers and a well known definition is a tree ‘which bears cones and needle-like or scale-like leaves that are typically evergreen’ however this is not the whole picture in classification terms.
The Open Competition at Wessex Bonsai Society Show was well attended and the overall Best in Show went to Bill Baker with his Scots Pine. Here are the award winners from the first 3 classes and more on the other classes and wider class entries in subsequent posts.
What an excellent show today which was hosted by Wessex Bonsai Society, and featured an Open Competition in addition to their Annual Bonsai Exhibition.
O Bonsai Jardin de Bonsai (Olivier Cornet)
Olivier Cornet of O Bonsai in Belgium was one of the bonsai traders at the Exposition de Bonsai in Neuville-Saint-Rémy in France. He had a good range of bonsai trees for sale and was also working on some of his trees during the weekend. For more information about the Bonsai trees he has for sale visit his website.
Yamadori for sale @ Exposition de Bonsai in France
Yamadori is bonsai material collected from nature and provides the artist with fanatic natural material to work with when designing a bonsai tree. The art forms found in nature have inspired many a bonsai enthusiast and this is one way
Handmade Bonsai pot made by Greg-Ceramics
The range of potters at the Exposition de Bonsai was excellent and it was great to see a wide variety of pot shapes and styles and some very interesting designs. Here are some examples of the Bonsai pots on sale and some of the pots we purchased.
Apple tree, Howgate Wonder
A guest submission here from Mr Ivan Oxford, who has had good success with air layering and wants to explain the procedure;
Jean-Pierre Timmermans of Bonsai Garden was one of the traders at the Exposition de Bonsai this weekend in France and he had a stunning collection of Mame, Shohin and Accents for sale and here are a few examples of what was on offer.
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