The society was invited to exhibit at this year’s Wanborough Show, a non-profit local show to Swindon with a good selection of entertainment, you can find out more about the show here or enjoy pictures of our trees
BB: Japanese Holly, Waterfall scroll with Kingfisher bronze depicting a water based scene
We call it Tokonoma night but as Mr Bailey pointed out these are, quite rightly, three point displays. Three point display night sounds more like something one would do in a car park though so we’ll go with Tokonoma for now.
1st place – DH, Korean Hornbeam
2nd place – AW, Korean Hornbeam
3rd place – MP, Japanese Maple
Wellingtonia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
If you are fascinated by trees then you cannot but love the Cupressaceae family of which belong the Redwoods, Wellingtonia and the Swamp Cypress and you should consider them a challenge to bonsai.
Korean Hornbeam
There are three main components to tree physiology and they are the roots, the trunk and the crown and here is a brief guide in the context of bonsai trees which are only a scaled down version of a regular tree. Any tree or shrub or plant can be used for bonsai but some work better than others so select your species well and some of the elements of the bonsai tree will work better for this.
Award winners from Bonsai World 2013 at K2 Crawley. Photos courtesy of Mark Cooper.
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- Best Shohin Display, Mark & Ritta Cooper
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- Best in Show & Best Large Tree, Ian Stewardson
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- Best Group, Tees Valley Bonsai Society
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- Best Chuhin, Chrissie Leigh-Walker
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- Best Club Display, Sutton Bonsai Society
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- Best Mame Display, Bob Bailey
So you want to keep a bonsai tree, you are not alone in this and may be you have even had one before but it died as is common to hear however it probably wasn’t your fault so here is a simple guide to starting out for the first time or having a second go.
The Olive is from the Oleaceae family and this is a genus of over forty species and they make great bonsai trees.
For any non-believers in magic, a trip to Whistman’s Woods in Dartmoor is well worth the journey. The majority of this copse comprises of twisted ancient oak trees on granite boulders, shrouded by carpets of mosses and protected from grazing animals. The trees themselves don’t grow any higher than six metres,