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Some happy snaps from the show today: Plum Juniper Radiata pine Callistemon Cape cotton bush Chinese elm Willow leaf fig Olive Olive Olive Desert ash (and awesome pot) Little ruby fig Cape cotton bush Cute accent Olive Olive Olive (from the penjing section) Aleppo pine Cedar

Trident maple Japanese maple group Juniper Swap cypress Chinese elm (from the penjing section) Chinese elm (with cool white edges on the leaves) Chinese elm (probably my favourite) Desert ash Jade PJ Lavender star Juniper Juniper Peppercorn Cape cotton bush Aleppo pine Ficus (penjing) Cape cotton bush Olive Plum with fruit (crowd favourite)

Fig (PJ?) Juniper (amazing phoenix graft) Banksia Pear Cape cotton bush Ficus thoningii .. I forget (penjing section) Demo time Sales area ready to go More sales More demos Sales area getting a bit bare

Some great trees, and much better in person so make sure you stop by tomorrow if you're a local. I'd like to see some more natives in the future - hopefully I can contribute in a year or five.

Thanks for sharing Greg. Looks like a great show. Some real beauties there - I do like the little plums!

Lots of happy snaps, thanks Greg. A lot of good looking trees there the Cape Cotton Bush not a plant I personally am familiar with but some seriously stunning trees. The Peppercorn is outstanding its a wretchedly difficult tree to style with branches dying for no reason. I too love the Plums lovely trees
Well done to all who put this together looks like a great day And to Greg for sharing
Cheers
Kirky

Great work Greg ,lovely trees. Interesting tree on the marble tray with the blue stones (little ruby ? ) .Thanks John.

I’m with Kirky, the Cape Cotton Bush I know nothing about but the examples here have my interest piqued! Thanks for sharing...

boom64 wrote: ↑October 10th, 2020, 9:00 pm Great work Greg ,lovely trees. Interesting tree on the marble tray with the blue stones (little ruby ? ) .Thanks John.

It's a plain old PJ grown from seed I'm pretty sure - nice small leaves though. It was hard to get a good shot of that with my phone as the penjing display is up on a stage with no individual backgrounds for the trees. I'll see if I can get a better photo tomorrow.

Thanks Greg, excellent record of the event and lovely trees! Well done to all involved. I keep coming back to the desert ash, the hollow-trunk olive above it and a number of the cape cottons.


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Ryceman3 wrote: ↑October 10th, 2020, 9:10 pm I’m with Kirky, the Cape Cotton Bush I know nothing about but the examples here have my interest piqued! Thanks for sharing...

Most of these are Chris Drinkwater's trees. Beautiful trees, of course better in person than in photos. Matt posted a bit of info on this species a while back: https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/forum/view ... hp?t=23065

It's a plain old PJ grown from seed I'm pretty sure - nice small leaves though.

'Little Ruby' is a selected form of Ficus rubiginosa. I believe it is a dwarf and slow growing form. Like most dwarf forms it has small leaves and short internodes but much slower than the standard type.

Note that Cape cotton bush is a declared weed in some areas. Maybe we don't all need to seek it out to grow as bonsai.

Great pics. Love the plum too.


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nice trees--- sorry I couldn't be there---- all of the cape cottons are impressive - are they tanuki or their own trunks?

Thanks for the photos Greg, for some reason I just love the plum!