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Conifers at REBS 30th annual show

September 3, 2013 by Jonas Dupuich

For those of you haven’t had the opportunity to visit the Redwood Empire Bonsai Society’s annual show – as you walk in the front door, you’re greeted by redwood bonsai on the left and on the right.

Redwood

Coast redwood

Redwood

More redwood bonsai

Redwood

Large and small redwood bonsai

It’s fitting for the club to lead with their namesake variety. Inside the main doors lie even more redwood bonsai nestled among a great mix of varieties.

Coast redwood - 36 years

Coast  redwood

Shimpaku - trained since 1996

Shimpaku – trained since 1996

I’ve included variety names and age or years in training as indicated on the displays and have guessed at the rest.

Juniper

Juniper

California juinper

California juniper

Black pine

Black pine

California juniper - collected 2004, styled 2012

California juniper – collected 2004, styled 2012

The prostrata below was one of my favorites at the show. Good deadwood and strong movement in a compact tree is hard to find.

Prostrata juniper - 70 years

Prostrata juniper – 70 years

Corkbark black pine

Corkbark black pine

Japanese white pine

White pine

Western juniper

Western juniper

Sierra juniper

Sierra juniper

Procumbens juniper

Procumbens juniper

Mendocino pygmy cypress - 23 years

Mendocino pygmy cypress – 23 years

White pine - 30 years

White pine – 30 years

Juniper

Juniper

Spruce

Spruce

The shimpaku below is well known to REBS visitors. I’ve included a few shots from different angles to offer a better idea of what the tree is like in person. One of these views revealed a surprise.

Juniper

Shimpaku – front

Juniper deadwood

Deadwood from the front

Juniper

From the back corner

And this was the surprise.

Juniper

View from other back corner

If you look at the base of the trunk, the tree appears to be floating, or held aloft by narrow runners. Such a delicate view of the trunk would not make a good front for the tree – it was a smart decision to select a side that hides the gap.

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  1. dangerousbry says

    September 3, 2013 at 4:18 am

    Absolutely brilliant set of photographs!!!

    Thanks very much!!!

  2. Dave Martin says

    September 3, 2013 at 9:12 am

    Jonas, thank you for sharing, there are some very high quality trees there. The owners and society are to be congratulated for their efforts.

  3. Richard says

    September 3, 2013 at 5:16 pm

    Beauty at its finest! Thanks for sharing, Jonas. Hard for us East coasters to make it to this show. I’m especially fond of the corkbark black pine and twin trunk spuce.

  4. pepaulmier says

    September 4, 2013 at 9:58 am

    Gorgeous pictures. Thank you

  5. Walter says

    September 4, 2013 at 6:19 pm

    Great pic!

  6. Peter says

    September 16, 2013 at 7:36 pm

    What a great tree! But I can’t understand why the owner wouldnt have the last pic as the “front”…?

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