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Did you attend the Australian Natives as Bonsai Show in the National Botanic Gardens, Canberra on 22nd or 23rd November 2008?

Discuss the day or review the tree's, show and lectures here.

Please give credit to the owner when posting pictures by including their name.

Thank you.

Is there nobody here from Canberra? come on guys or gals show us some pics. Pleeeaaassssee.
Peter

I'm guessing that our newest member Scott Roxburgh is from around there perheps we can apply a little friendly pressure on him - oh! and by the way, welcome to AusBonsai Scott.

Jon

I did not go, but apparenlty Ray Nescis tree he sent with someone else to first place
Do not know if overall or a section

It is a WaterGum "Tristianiopsis Laurina"

Ken

Yes Ken, Ray's tree won the "Most Popular Tree" as voted by the public.

I didn't take any pics. I only had my phone camera with me, and I know that Pat hates the pictures it takes, so I didn't take any.

I will give you a quick run down on the show as described by Mike W. from the Canberra Bonsai Society in their December Newsletter:

There were 29 displays from the following organisations:

Australian Plants As Bonsai Study Group
Shibui Nursery / Albury Wodonga Bonsai Society
Sydney City Bonsai Club
Canberra Bonsai Society
Illawarra Bonsai Society
Ray Nesci School Of Bonsai
Bonsai Art, Sydney

The "Public Vote" saw the following trees selected as the "Top 5"

tistaniopsis laurina - Water Gum
eucalyptus camaldulensis - River Red Gum
callitris glaucophylla - White Cypress Pine
eucalyptus nicholii - Peppermint Gum (Group)
banksia marginata - Silver Banksia (Cascade)

There were 2 demonstrations, I did one on a westringia, and Roger Hnatiuk did the other, I am not sure what his demo was on, as I did not see it.

Cheers,
Leigh.

You have got to be kidding! Not a single picture from anyone from down that way! I am amazed, stunned, and disappointed to say the least.
Peter

Hi Peter,

There are pictures. The CBS Newsletter has pictures of the top 5 trees in it, but the letter is posted on their website in Adobe format, I couldn't figure out how to download them so I could put them here. I am sure there are a few people with pics out there, but they may not have visited this site yet.

Cheers,
Leigh.

Ledanta wrote:Hi Peter,

There are pictures. The CBS Newsletter has pictures of the top 5 trees in it, but the letter is posted on their website in Adobe format, I couldn't figure out how to download them so I could put them here. I am sure there are a few people with pics out there, but they may not have visited this site yet.

Cheers,
Leigh.

Give em a prod in the ribs with a sharp stick Leigh, there missing all the fun of the fair.....i mean the forum
Peter

Hi Peter,

There are a few "forum lovers" here in Canberra, I am surprised they have not jumped onto it.

When I found out about this site I sent a note to member's of "The Executive Committee" of the Canberra Bonsai Society to let them know, I have not had any feedback from them yet.

I also have a note in my monthly newsletter, which gets sent online to over 1000 email addresses, I bet there are a few Canberra addresses in that list. Surely someone who knows of this site also took pictures at this show. I guess it is just a matter of time......

Cheers,
Leigh.

The CBS website link below, they have pictures up on their site already! Thats pretty quick for a club....i thought so anyway.


http://www.cbs.org.au/index.php?option= ... =31&gid=13

Sorry to dissappoint.........those pics are from the CBS Spring Show back in October.

Worth a look anyway.

Cheers,
Leigh.

Ledanta wrote:Sorry to dissappoint.........those pics are from the CBS Spring Show back in October.

Worth a look anyway.

Cheers,
Leigh.

Ahhh...thought it was awfully quick! Not to worry, the others may come soon.
Peter

The winner of the 'peoples choice' at the 6th NEOAPAB (National Exhibition of Australian Plants as Bonsai) was Ray Nesci of Ray Nesci Bonsai Nursary with his Tristaniopsis Laurina (Water gum).

Today I visited Ray at his nursery in Dural NSW to have a look at the tree and find out a bit more about it.



Tristaniopsis Laurina
Water gum

The tree was grown from seed which was planted in 1993. Ray first styled it in 1998.

This tree grew steadily for around 9 years and then developed some rot in the trunk as a result from a cut not being sealed. Ray decided to carve it out and went even further than the rot and hollowed out the trunk creating a really nice feature. Unfortunately neither of these photos show the detail of the extensive carving which really adds to the aged appearance of the gum.

Tristaniopsis’ foliage will greatly reduce through defoliation, which Ray carries out in summer. It has attractive bronze new growth and then through the season it matures to green. The bark also greatly contrasts from young maroon stems to a white mature bark, which starts to peel away with age.

Tristaniopsis have small yellow flowers but they aren’t readily seen on bonsai because of the constant trimming.

Ray repots this tree annually in either March or August.
I will have pictures of more of the tree's from the show shortly.

Regards,
Steven

Well done Steven thanks Kindly for the effort to get the Information and a Pic of Ray with the tree.
And Congratulations To Ray that is a great looking Gum.
I wish pictures could talk I love chatting with Ray. I am not sure I have seen him smile this wide before though

Thanks for your efforts Steven, and congratulations Ray. Lovely tree.
Peter