Medium is the new large

Bay Island Bonsai’s 17th annual exhibit featured small, kifu, and medium-sized bonsai. The larger trees got a break this year.

Here, then, are the largest trees on display – the medium-sized bonsai.

Black pine

White pine

Shimpaku grafted on Sierra juniper displayed with Boston Ivy

Shimpaku grafted on Sierra juniper – great character

Shimpaku saikei

Dwarf Sawara cypress

Accent – selaginella with (anyone?)

Ume

Shimapu

Shimpaku – check out the pot

Atlas cedar – the stand looks great (see Phutu for more about both tree and stand)

Suiseki art by Mas Nakajima

Seiju elm

And to end the 2016 Bay Island Bonsai exhibit review, here is one of my favorite trees in the Bay Area – a medium-sized shore juniper.

Shore juniper