2020 REBS (Virtual) Show

2020 REBS (Virtual) Show

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions on in person gatherings, the REBS annual August 2020 Show was cancelled. The following back yard images are member bonsai. These bonsai are representative of the trees that would have been shown in the annual show.

Tiger Bark Ficus
*Ficus microcarpa*
In training: 15 years

Olive
*Olea europaea*
In training: 5 years

Korean Hornbeam
*Carpinus coreana*
In training: 25 years

Ginkgo
*Ginkgo biloba*
10 years in training

Hornbeam
*Carnipus*
10 years in training

California pepper
*Schinus molle*
60 years in training

Corkbark Elm
*Ulmus parvifolia* ‘Cork Bark’
20 years in training

Garden Juniper
*Juniperus procumbens nana*
20 years in training

Japanese Maple
*Acer palmatum*
20 years in training

Coastal Redwood Grove
*Sequoia sempervirens*
20 Years in training

Trident maple
*Acer buergerianum*
12 years in training

Trident Maple
*Acer buergeranum*
22 years in training

Dwarf Pomegranate
*Punica granatum nana*
5 years in training

Coastal Redwood
*Sequoia sempervirens*
25 years in training

Contorted Hawthorn
*Crataegus monogyna* ‘Snakethorn’
4 years in training

Chinese Elm
*Ulmus chinensis parvifolia*
9 years in training

San Jose Juniper
*Juniperus chinensis* ‘San Jose’
25 years in training

Pygmy Cypress
*Cupressus pygmaea*
10 years in training

Cork Bark Oak
*Quercus suber*
In training for 36 years

San Jose Juniper
*Juniperus chinensis* ‘San Jose’
In training 27 years

Utah Juniper
*Juniperus osteosperma*
In training 36 years

Japanese Maple
*Acer palmatum*
In training 47 years

Sierra Juniper
*Juniperus occidentalis*
In training 31 years

Japanese Black Pine
*Pinus thunbergiana*
40 years

Japanese Maple Kiyo Hime
Acer palmatum ‘Kiyo Hime’
40 years

Olive
*Olea europaea*
8 years in training

California Coast Live Oak
*Quercus agrifolia*

Burning Bush
*Euonymus*
10 years in training

Japanese Maple Laceleaf
*Acer palmatum var. dissectum*
12 years in training

A special thank you to the REBS members who contributed their bonsai images above.

Craig Thompson
Michael Murtaugh
Bob Shimon
Gene Lynch
Garth Gordon Hoka
Nancy Schramm
Ivan Luckrich
Alan Murakami
George Haas

Next year’s annual show hopefully will be the fourth weekend, 28 & 29 August 2021 at the Veteran’s Memorial Building, Santa Rosa, California.