Posts Tagged ‘bonsai contest’
Contest
Entry: Callitropsis lusitanica – Mexican Cypress – Costa Rica
Before At the present I am ready to start work on a series of potential bonsai using the species Callitropsis lusitanica. These are trees that I have grown from seed with the idea of using them for bonsai starting material. (I ...
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Entry: Callitropsis lusitanica – Mexican Cypress – Costa Rica
Before At the present I am ready to start work on a series of potential bonsai using the species Callitropsis lusitanica. These are trees that I have grown from seed with the idea of using them for bonsai starting material. (I ...
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Entry: Callitropsis lusitanica – Mexican Cypress – Costa Rica
Before At the present I am ready to start work on a series of potential bonsai using the species Callitropsis lusitanica. These are trees that I have grown from seed with the idea of using them for bonsai starting material. (I ...
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Entry: Bougainvillea Spectabilis – Bougainvillea – USA
Before This is a huge Bougainvillea, it is 50 inches tall, and was purchased from a local landscaper who took it from a new construction project where they didn’t want it. Cost $25 usd. I liked the fact that it had multiple tru...
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Entry: Juniperus chinensis “Itoigawa Shimpaku” – Shimpaku juniper ‘Itoigawa’ – USA
Before This clump of Shimpaku junipers was started as cuttings about 5 years ago by me (in summer of 2007). I usually take big cuttings of junipers, of about 6 to 12 inches, and set them in clumps in small nursery containers in...
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Entry: Callitropsis lusitanica – Mexican Cypress – Costa Rica
Before At the present I am ready to start work on a series of potential bonsai using the species Callitropsis lusitanica. These are trees that I have grown from seed with the idea of using them for bonsai starting material.&nbs...
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Entry: Chamaecyparis Obtuse ‘Rashahiba’ – False Cypress – Germany
Before When I read about the contest, I decided to enter. But which tree to take.. So off to the local garden centre it went. After digging through the dirt for almost 2 hours, I decided upon this specimen. Unfortunately, as of...
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Entry: Lagerstroemia Indica – Crepe Myrtle – USA
The tree I chose for the contest is a crepe myrtle, a deciduous,flowering tree native to India but used here in Florida as a common landscape planting. I collected the tree one and a half years ago out of a friends yard and hav...
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Entry: Sabina Juniper – Juniperus sabina – United Kingdom
Before This tree is a typical European Sabina Juniper, the tree was collected in 2010 and has been in my position for 18 months. 12 months ago I changed the planting angle as it was originally planted to make certain a good rec...
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Entry: Chaenomeles speciosa – Flowering Quince – USA
Before This is a Double Take “Pink Storm” flowering quince that I found at a local nursery. I chose this material because it is a faster growing variety of quince and I love the flowers. I intend to define a primary trunk line ...
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Entry: Lonicera Morrowii – Amur Honeysuckle – USA
Before This variety of honeysuckle is an invasive species that grows rampantly in my area. I collected this tree in March of this year from the edge of a family member’s driveway. This is a fast growing species with a meanderin...
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Entry: False Olive – Buddleja saligna – South Africa
Before The tree was collected one year and two months ago close to my hometown. The recovery was slow for the first year but it has taken of now. This tree has an amazing lower trunk and will make a nice lightning struck bonsai...
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Entry: Callitropsis lusitanica – Mexican Cypress – Costa Rica
Before At the present I am ready to start work on a series of potential bonsai using the species Callitropsis lusitanica. These are trees that I have grown from seed with the idea of using them for bonsai starting material.&nbs...
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Entry: Thuja occidentalis – Eastern White Cedar – USA
Before Eastern White Cedar are a native tree to Upstate New York. They can grow to 60′ or more and are some of the oldest trees on the East coast. They have number of desirable qualities for Bonsai. They can be found dwar...
