Tag Archives: U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition

The 3rd U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition Album Is the Best One Yet

wayne | 01/23/2013

This worthy old Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata) from the Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection is one of 248 fine bonsai that are featured in the 3rd U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition Album. Here are four of the many things to love about the 3rd U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition Album: 1. The bonsai are a notch better than [...]

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Revisiting a Famous Old Pine

wayne | 10/14/2012

This photo of a very famous old Japanese white pine is from Michael Bonsai. It was taken at the U.S. National Bonsai & Penjing Museum. There are at least two things that stand out about this remarkable old tree. First, is its sheer magnitude. It’s hard to tell from photos, but the size of this [...]

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Making a Point with Deadwood

wayne | 06/03/2012

Going down? There’s a lot to love about this old tree: that little piece of wood that hangs over the edge of the pot, the remarkable texture and color of the bark and the way the powerful old trunk seems to cling to the pot. There’s also the fact that the tree is a Southwestern [...]

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Weekly Wire: Bodacious Bark, Bonsai Bliss, Viva Brasil & Slovakia Too

wayne | 04/03/2012

Bodacious bark. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen bark quite like this. Its uniquely patterned texture and color adds an abundance of character and age to this wonderful old live oak. Furthermore (and at the risk of excess word proliferation), have you noticed the pot? How much character it has (and how small it is [...]

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Thinking Ahead to 2012: The Show & the Books

wayne | 01/28/2011

If you only go to one event every two years, this is the one. Don’t miss it. It’s not far fetched… … to think about an event this important seventeen months in advance. If you don’t, time slips by, your calendar fills up, and the next thing you know you’re kicking yourself for missing it. [...]

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Some of the Very Best Bonsai in the World

wayne | 12/21/2010

The trees are exquisite and so is the book.192 pages of some of the best bonsai in the world. This book, along with the first one and all the others to come, will surely become collector’s items. We can lay that notion to rest For a long time many of us wondered if North American [...]

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Waiting for News

wayne | 06/21/2010

While we are waiting for photos from the 2nd U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition, thought you might like to see the National Award Masterpiece from the 1st Exhibition. It’s a Sargent’s juniper by Jim Gremel. You can find it and a host of other world class bonsai in the 2008, 1st National Exhibition’s Album. It is [...]

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National Exhibition Special Displays

wayne | 05/27/2010

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Commemorative Album – part two

wayne | 05/02/2009

Prize winning Trident maple (Acer Buergeratum) by Martin Schmalenberg. Commemorative Album, 1st U.S. Nationaly Bonsai Exhibition, 2008 I set out to pick a few of my favorites to whet your appetite. The problem is, about half of the hundred and fifty some trees (counting multiple tree shohin displays as one tree) are my favorites and [...]

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1st U.S. Bonsai Exhibition Album is on its Way!

wayne | 04/30/2009

Commemorative Album, 1st U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition, 2008 I just received my advance copy of this much awaited book, and I’m almost speechless. Well, for me almost speechless might be a stretch, but I am very excited. And very, very impressed. Everything about this new book is spot on, including the undeniable proof it provides [...]

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