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American Bonsai Association, Sacramento, 54th Annual Spring Show

April 16, 2013 by Jonas Dupuich

Last weekend the American Bonsai Association, Sacramento, held their 54th Annual Spring show in McKinley Park’s Shepard Garden and Art Center. Michael Hagedorn provided demonstrations Saturday and Sunday, and a variety of vendors including Maruyama Bonsai Nursery and Deer Meadow Bonsai complemented a well-stocked consignment table. Inside, ABAS members made it clear that this was a Spring show. Maples were newly in leaf, bonsai and accents were blooming, and every plant sported fresh foliage – a refreshing change from Winter’s more severe displays.

Japanese maple

Japanese maple

Maple root base and moss

 

Root base and moss

Coast redwood

Coast redwood

Coast live oak

California live oak

Trident maple

Trident maple

California juniper

California juniper

Shohin display

Shohin display

Golden atlantic cedar

Golden atlantic cedar

California juniper

California juniper

Hawthorn

Hawthorn

Hawthorn flowers

Hawthorn flowers

Chinese elm

Chinese elm

Accent - fern

Accent – fern

Larch

Larch

Japanese maple

Japanese maple

Boxwood

Boxwood

Japanese black pine

Root over rock black pine

Accent - isotoma

Accent – isotoma

Chinese fringe tree

Chinese fringe tree

Golden chain tree

Golden chain tree

Golden chain tree flowers

Golden chain tree flowers

Korean hornbeam

Korean hornbeam

Window displays

Windowbox displays

Window displays

Windowbox displays

Accent

Accent

Accent

Tiny accent

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Comments

  1. Zack Clayton says

    April 16, 2013 at 10:21 am

    Please talk about the window box displays. Are these mini-tokonoma or something else?

  2. adamaskwhy says

    April 16, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    There are some nice trees there. I like the hawthorn with the rock. I don’t usually like rocks in pots but these went well together. And the flowers were beautiful too

  3. Jonas Dupuich says

    April 16, 2013 at 6:35 pm

    Good question about the “window” boxes – they appeared to be built into the wall as part of the exhibit space, but I’m not sure – maybe a club member has details.

  4. Ram Lukas says

    April 17, 2013 at 8:07 pm

    Jonas is correct. The window boxes are a permanent part of the exhibit space. I am not sure who put them in, but the garden center serves a wide variety of plant clubs; roses, iris,succulent to name a few. Each club uses them during their respective show and they happen to work nicely for shohin sized trees.

    and thanks for the nice coverage of the show.

  5. AF (Mac) Caruthers says

    April 29, 2013 at 2:22 pm

    I am a member of a small club in FT Walton Beach FL – I would your permission to use some of your pictures from seedling cutting for a presentation I’m going to give on Japanese Black Pines. You will be credited – Thank you — Mac

    • Jonas Dupuich says

      April 29, 2013 at 6:01 pm

      Hi Mac – Feel free, my photos and text are always available for reuse with attribution. Thanks for asking!

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