BCI China 2010

I will try to post some photos of Chinese trees. In many cases the trees were not maintained and were out of shape. Many of the trees were quite large, with two and three man trees the norm.

This tree is very large but is styled in the Yangzhou style. They say "three curves in one inch." They allow a thin branch to grow out and then pull curves into it with palm fiber. This is from the city that will host BCI 2013. Go if you can.

Thanks for sharing Billy for sharing....hope your over with the jetlag

Great trees Billy. I hope you had a blast!..."Off"
I would love to go to China. Most of my trees seem to "favor" Chinese styles and your pictures give me HOPE! Do you have more pictures?
Salut, Todd

I will try to put up a few more trees from China.



I think the tree above came from Mr. Han's private garden, I hope I got this right, we saw so much. I know that Lindsay Farr or Autralia did a video of the same garden.



This tree was displayed at the Chenchun World of Flowers by the Guangdong Bonsai Club.



All of these trees were in the southern city of Guangzhou (Canton). This tree was on display at a public garden near out hotel.
At every stop we saw trees or stones and often both. We were frequently hosted by the local club or government. Which is some cases included entertainment. Some of the entertainment was traditional and some contemporary.
The food was always Chinese with some dishes that were difficult to identify. In one case we had donkey, it was good. Fish was usually served whole and baked chicken always had the head on the plate.

Hi Billy,

Thank you for sharing some really nice pictures. The one on the wall is stunning.
Love to see some more, if you have any:-)

Regards

The two above are front and back of the same planting. All are still from Guangzhou

Great definition of the "root over rock" style
Thanks for shareing!
Martin

Thanks Billy for posting these very fascinating photos. Any more you have...by all means keep them coming. I just can't get over the 'root over wall tree...is it a ficus microcarpa? Also, how are the roots getting nuitrition/water,etc? Dustin Mann

Dustin Mann wrote:Thanks Billy for posting these very fascinating photos. Any more you have...by all means keep them coming. I just can't get over the 'root over wall tree...is it a ficus microcarpa? Also, how are the roots getting nuitrition/water,etc? Dustin Mann

Yes it is F. microcarpa. The "wall" is really a pot with a space behind it for soil.

Billy,

the ficus on the wall is brilliant... Its like a piece of a building wall infested by the ficus...then the wall with the ficus was detached from the building altogether.
now...where can I find a building with ficus on the wall. that would definitely be an extreme urban yamadori.

thanks for showing new ideas.

regards,
jun

It was a great trip. I took over a 1,000 photographs.
Jet lag was a real b*tch this time. I slept over 18 hours yesterday.
Anyway, here is a nice shot of the garden in Canton with some trees on display.




There were some interesting trees that looked like Bald Cypress. But with a little research I believe they are Chinese Swamp Cypress (Glyptostrobus pensilis). Great trunks but the foliage is light green and wants to grow straight upwards - hence showing the trees with little foliage. Note the pot filled with water.

Rob,

Is the water in the nice antique pot part of the display effect? a swampy display? no smaller branches?

regards,
jun

The water is for the health of the tree. This tree usually grows in water. Although cypress in Florida can be trained to grow in soil, it thrives in water.