Dragon bonsai winter image

Hi,
At the recent Swindon winter image show, Dragon presented their seasonal display.







Bob H. presented one of his fine landscapes.

beautifull creations.

eric sanders wrote:beautifull creations.

Thank you Eric,
The winter image is a challenge for many without foliage to hide behind, but a good challenge for us all.
Bob Hill is our show artistic manager this year. He selects the theme, trees and the way Dragon's display looks.
The trees belong to John Harris. Chris Thomas and Bob Hill.

Pic's 1,4, and 5 are may favorites. Love the stand for pic 1.
Is number 4 a raft or is the small one added? Hard to tell from the photo.
Just love the whole presentation of number 5. The pot and tree go well together. Is it a Larch?

Regards

Ian

Ian Young wrote:Pic's 1,4, and 5 are may favorites. Love the stand for pic 1.
Is number 4 a raft or is the small one added? Hard to tell from the photo.
Just love the whole presentation of number 5. The pot and tree go well together. Is it a Larch?

Hi Ian,
Thank you for your reply.
#4 is a raft hawthorn belonging to John Harris.
#5 is indeed a larch. It belongs to Chris Thomas.

Ramifying larch and hawthorn can be a long process. Each year all these trees are further refined.

John Harris's hawthorn raft has in the last 12 month developed a much finer winter image. Another few years and it will be a tree of some note, I feel.

Jeremy wrote:
John Harris's hawthorn raft has in the last 12 month developed a much finer winter image. Another few years and it will be a tree of some note, I feel.

I Agree! I like the image this gives and look forward to seeing it get even better over time.
Of course, the rest of the trees are nice to look at as well Thanks for sharing.

Hi Jay,
Thank you.
John does read the posts here on the IBC. I'd love him to join and share his thoughts here with us.

Hawthorn raft case history

Outstanding trees and displays Jeremy...I particularly like Bob's landscape...

Pat…mounted on my trusted stead, riding off wildly in all directions…