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Chumono
Bob Entrekin's Chinese quince was actually in the Kokufu before being imported. It was a large green rectangle pot with a floral motif and a kintsugi repair. Marvellous tree and fantastic trunk on it
25 US National Prize Winners
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Bob Entrekin's Chinese quince was actually in the Kokufu before being imported. It was a large green rectangle pot with a floral motif and a kintsugi repair. Marvellous tree and fantastic trunk on it
ZombieNick
Shohin
Brain Treez
Mame
I'm so glad I'm not alone in seeing that tree and saying, "Really?" The jagged 90 degree Z trunk line is just not appealing to me at all.Best in show feels visually chaotic and unsure of what it’s doing. Is it going right? Left? Are the two almost straight vertical sections of trunk intentional?
Am I the only one who feels this way?
I certainly don’t have a tree of this caliber, but to me, and through pics, it seems a stretch to call it best in show.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Ah, but it does lean that way most of the time....If only it was a big trunk competition!
And other than best Deciduous, seems like it's Pine all the Time, I know how much work D trees are and hard to understand why there isn't more deserved emphasis put on these, as some of them are glorious, and better in my opinion than the pine parade, especially the BIS.
And the bunjin, really? It's lovely but not a bunjin (or a bunion as spell correct wants it to say) in my opinion. And I love a good bunion....
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Hartinez
Masterpiece
The more I look at it, it’s less the two, almost vertical, trunk lines and more the completely horizontal trunk line between the two that makes the composition look amateurish. Almost like a dumb mistake I would make at repot, only to stare at it all season and tell Myself I’d make better next spring.
ZombieNick
Shohin
I totally agree with this sentiment. I could see "letting things slide in the US" when it comes to things that are only obtainable through decades of refined growing, like ramification. But something like needle length is pine 101. I would hope for better at a national level show, none the less from the BIS. I think we can all agree it is an amazing tree, but I can't help but think how much better it would have been in the next show, properly prepared.
Attmos
Chumono
Actually, I wasn't gonna say anything... but it has the same two 90 degree angles as my Fukien, that I've always thought was made for souvenir/gift shops.
MACH5
Imperial Masterpiece
Overall I'd say the quality of the conifers was better than last time. Unfortunately the representation of deciduous trees was weak (save a few) as it usually is.
The best bunjin is an excellent tree but not bunjin at all!
Attmos
Chumono
I'm sorry for my reductive comment.
pandacular
Masterpiece
The best in the show was without doubt the neagari black pine from the Matthaei Botanical Garden. It was not included in the competition as it is a public collection tree.
pandacular
Masterpiece
Re-reading my last post, I should've said best pine and/or my favorite. I am not one to try to draw comparisons between a tree like the one above and say this one, which was equally captivating and completely different
Looking through my photos just now, I think the disparity in the impact of the dark vs light backgrounds is really striking. The light backgrounds did not work for me personally, and the dark were much easier to both photograph and enjoy in person. Not to mention some trees, like Sergio's, not getting a backdrop at all. Oh well, I'm not one to take art competitions too seriously.
Looking through my photos just now, I think the disparity in the impact of the dark vs light backgrounds is really striking. The light backgrounds did not work for me personally, and the dark were much easier to both photograph and enjoy in person. Not to mention some trees, like Sergio's, not getting a backdrop at all. Oh well, I'm not one to take art competitions too seriously.
Shogun610
Masterpiece
Congrats to all who won . Was not sable to go too much going on with my house to get away. I think there were def conifers and deciduous I would have preferred to see with best in show winners. But the winning pine id Wonder how it would look in another season or 2. Bunjin imo was the pitch pine
badatusernames
Omono
Did Suthin not enter a tree?
RJG2
Masterpiece
He had two Scots pines and a shohin display.
Dav4
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His large Scots with the shari is killer and was one of the top trees in the show, imo.
stewarjm192
Mame
….just not really bunjin/literati….
badatusernames
Omono
Thanks! I may have missed them in the pics and scanning the list of entrants on my phone I must have missed his name.
Dav4
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I wish I had taken a picture of it
RJG2
Masterpiece
I wish I had taken a picture of it
I wish I had take pictures of the number with each display!
hemmy
Omono
Interesting how much the best in show resembles the form of another (thicker and more refined) pine at Daiju-en, the garden of Mr. Suzuki (one of the judges). I had to look closer to realize it wasn’t the same tree. Documented halfway down the page on Bill’s blog.
2015 Autumn Japan Bonsai Exploration– Part 6
Daiju-en Bonsai Garden We took the bullet train from Kyoto to Nagoya where we boarded our private bus for the day. First stop was Daiju-en Bonsai Garden of Toru Suzuki, third generation proprietor …
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