Posts categorised: Show Reports

Conifers as Bonsai

Conifers are seed plants all producing woody stems and are widely used as a tree species suitable for bonsai and belong for the most part to the Phylum Coniferophyta and are gymnosperms which belong to the larger Phylum Pinophyta.

Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal

The Federation of British Bonsai Societies have won a gold medal at the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Well done Reg and congratulations

Broadleaf Bonsai

Broadleaved trees make for excellent bonsai in the United Kingdom and there is a good selection of native broadleaved trees to choose from including:-

Rock plantings

  Rock plantings are a great way to get to see more of the root systems of bonsai trees as these are often exposed over the rocks allowing the observer to see more than one would usually see of the intricate network of roots of trees.

Group plantings

Group plantings are a great way to create landscapes in miniature and there were some excellent examples of group plantings at the Wessex Bonsai Open Competition to choose from and inspire you to perhaps put a group together.

Accents at Wessex Annual Bonsai Show 2014

If you wanted to see a diversity of accents on display then you had a great opportunity at the recent Wessex Bonsai Society Annual Show and Open Competition and here are a selection of some of the accents on display.

Winning Bonsai Club Display at Wessex Show

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.

Winners at Wessex Class 6 to 8

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… Read more »