Alabama Bonsai Society 2023 Spring Show

[Brian Van Fleet]

We had a great show this weekend. Here are some pix of the event.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

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[Brian Van Fleet]

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[Dav4]

Wow! The Bama gang is really upping their bonsai game... lots of great trees and displays this year!

 

[Scorpius]

Those pines are on point. Nice!!!

 

[vp999]

Some really nice trees there...Thanks for sharing BVF!

 

[Hartinez]

Thanks for sharing Bri. I can’t quite read the info tag. Can you tell me more on this tree? Shimpaku?

 

[Orion_metalhead]

I love that hawthorne over the slab and the porcelainberry.

All the trees look phenomenal!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Thanks for sharing Bri. I can’t quite read the info tag. Can you tell me more on this tree? Shimpaku?

Hey Danny, this is an itoigawa, cutting-grown and was at Bjorn’s for a while before one of the Bham students bought it. It was displayed at the 2016 US National Bonsai Expo, and was on the cover of International Bonsai in 2017. Nice tree, apex needs a little refinement, but at +/-48” tall it has quite a presence.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

I love that hawthorne over the slab and the porcelainberry.

All the trees look phenomenal!

That little porcelain berry is special. We had 80+ trees on display, and everything was crowded so the smaller ones got a little squeezed out. This one deserved more space. Everything down to the accent pot was right on.

 

[jason biggs]

that first white pine is spectacular

 

[Maiden69]

Thanks Brian.

I like this ficus pic, it is kinda what I envision mine in 10 years, just slightly lower.

 

[Carol 83]

Thanks for sharing. Your Shohin display turned out well. Did you have other trees in the show?

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Thanks for sharing. Your Shohin display turned out well. Did you have other trees in the show?

Thanks, yes, the hawthorn (last photo in post 1) and Stewartia (last photo in post 2).

 

[Carol 83]

Thanks, yes, the hawthorn (last photo in post 1) and Stewartia (last photo in post 2).

I should have recognized them, beautiful trees.

 

[vp999]

I should have recognized them, beautiful trees.

I noticed them right away.... That Hawthorn is one of the finest in the world lol.

 

[Ron Dennis]

We had a great show this weekend. Here are some pix of the event.
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Very good show. Lot of larger trees this year. Best In Show pine is superb and deserves to be selected as Best. Having said this, it was impossible to find short comings with any of the trees.

 

[Doogliebop]

The shohin display was my favorite actually. Great job. Your olive and JM were my favorites.