BIMER ANNUAL SHOW MT COOT-THA BOTANICAL GARDENS

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So one more shameless plug before I head to Mt Coot-Tha for the day . . . . . . . . .
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Have a great weekend everyone :tu:
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Looking forward to it :tu:
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Had an awesome morning at the show. You old fellas can move quick when there's plants for sale! Picked up 3 beautiful Marie Hewartson pots and had a good chat with a few club members. Got a hot lead on some clerodendrums to follow up on...
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You're not wrong there Muddy!

Picked up a lovely Juniper at the show, then raced over to BSoQ meeting for an all day workshop. Thanks for the lucky door bonsai books and all the great info today!
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Gonna go back to the show tomorrow to actually appreciate the show itself when im not rushing.
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I had some "urgent business to sort out" before work yesterday and headed down to the show. Great display with some really impressive trees, I was blown away with the Clero's.

Got back to work at 1 after dropping off a beautiful Marie pot and a nice piece of Murraya stock at home :tu:
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Post by Pierre »

Looks like i wasn't the only one happy to see Marie's stand yesterday morning..... 2 more pots added to the collection !
As usual, Bruce, Tony & Co have done a tremendous job at setting up the show. And yes, beautiful trees on display...
Cheers again,
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Hi Muddy Benny305 and Pierre,
Thank you for your support, Bimer put on an excellent show, and I was heartened to see 5 Exhibition trees in Hewartson pots.
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Photos please folks...

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Bougy Fan wrote:And one more . . . . .
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I will be at the front desk for most of the day - drop in and say hi :wave:
what species is that . The leaves look like willowleaf but certainly not the bark but then again it looks like a olive but leaves are different unless its recently been defoliated ......? My next theory is water gum ?
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As usual, Bruce, Tony & Co have done a tremendous job at setting up the show.
Thanks Pierre, but Bruce and I can't take all the credit. The hard working committee put in a lot of hours preparing, and all the wonderful volunteers made the weekend a success. Thanks to the catering team who kept us fueled up all weekend too :tu:

The feedback from the public was positive - the consensus was the best show so far.

I finished packing up and left by 5.00pm yesterday Gavin, then I have been concreting in fence posts today. I will try and post some photos soon.
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Post by melbrackstone »

@Matthew, I believe that's a Clerodendrum, one of the species that seem to do very well here in the sub-tropics.

I'm sorry I wasn't able to make the exhibition, and look forward to seeing some photos.
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Hi Matthew yes Mel is right - it's a Clero. If you don't have any you must get some - a very under rated bonsai species and they do so well in QLD. And once you have one they are very easy to propagate :tu:
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