Thanks Edwin

For helping out with the calendar on the webpage. Paul is waaaaaay busy (is that a word?) Go team…..no “I” in team.

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Here is a link to the EPCOT pictures album.

http://picasaweb.google.com/dmngzjc/EPCOTFlowerAndGarden2010?feat=directlink

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2010 Flower and Garden Festival

Here are some photos of the Flower and Garden Festival

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Epcot Exhibit

We should be especially proud of our own Paul Pikel for all his efforts, assuring a fantastic representation of Florida Bonsai. The club was well represented with three members exhibiting. Mike Rogers had 3 trees (all at the Tori Gate?) including a Simpson Stopper, Japanese Maple and an old American Hornbeam. David Hammond was a first time exhibitor with his wonderful Black Pine, showcased in the Meadow. Paul’s “Blue Alps Juniper” is above the koi pond near the Japanese restaurant. All 5 of our members trees look great. The entire exhibit looks great. Hopefully, pictures will be popping up on the web (either here or the BSF site) real soon. Congratulations to David, Mike and Paul.

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DECIDUOUS TREES

This is probably my favorite time of the year, just before deciduous tree flush out with their new growth. Now that all my trees have been repotted I can sit back and enjoy them. The reason I enjoy deciduous trees so much because it’s like having 2 trees in one. When they have all their leaves they look so different from when they have dropped all their leaves. With bare branches one can appreciate all the work put into the ramification process as well as the trunk and branch structure. In addition one can see better where there are flaws. So here is a sampling of some of my trees.

HORNBEAM

BALD CYPRESS

HORNBEAM

BALD CYPRESS

SWAMP DOGWOOD (Cornus foemina)

SNOWBELL (Styrax americana)

Now who says I don’t wire my trees? Do you think those branches get that way because of gravity?!?!?!?

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Penjing Demo

Betsy showed us in our Friday meeting how to put together a nice penjing with gracious details and taught us the guidelines to follow to get the result of an interesting landscaping tray. More options to add to our collection! Great demo!

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Great Example of a natural FlatTop.

Think I’ll use this guy as a model while I develope my flattop. This is a big tree on the Winter Springs Golf Course. rj

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Buttonwood Raffle

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, the reason I felt compelled to buy a $50 bush and a $100 Tokoname pot was because I was the fortunate winner of a Joe Samuels buttonwood. I bet Alan and Marge remember this……………………………

Yeah, it took me ten years but I killed it.

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22 years later

I bought this tree from Jim Moody (Jupiter Bonsai) at the Ft.Lauderdale convention in I believe 1988 (87/89). $50 Raintree, we called them Simone’s back then. Jim Smith suggested I give it a try………….

When Ben O saw the tree he said “that no make good bonsai” I kept trying and it went through some different stages. Here are a few pictures from over the years.




Ben was in my garden last month. He made one positive comment about my trees. He saw the Brazilian Raintree and said “that is nice bonsai” Here she is now…………….I named her Grace.

Hope you enjoyed my trip back through time. Rick

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Sumo Cypress

Several years ago(4/5), I removed a cypress tree from my front yard…too close to drainfield. I took a look at him yesterday. He is about 13′-15′ tall but you can see he is a tubular, squatty type. I may just root prune and put him in a shallower grow pot but I was wondering what different members of the club might do………..now? Carve? Top? Trash? Here are three shots. (Trunk is probably 8″ caliper) rj

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