Kathy judged the ABS, and my friend and ABS member Jim Cook was kind enough to video the critique of this 5-point shohin display. Moral of the story..need a bigger box stand!
Here are close-ups of the trees.
Corkbark JBP, ‘Hachi-Gen’ in a Shibakatsu pot:
6-tree Japanese Maple clump in an Ikkou pot:
Corkbark Elm in a Koyo pot:
Triple-trunk shimpaku juniper in a Shinobu pot:
Some more…
Our show was judged in 3 categories, by experience; Novice (under 7 years), Intermediate (7-15 years), and Experienced (over 15 years).
In each experience group, a 1st and 2nd place was awarded by tree type: deciduous, evergreen, broadleaf evergreen, flowering/fruiting, and “other”.
Here are some of the winners from this year’s show, in the Experienced category.
Best in Show and best deciduous tree, Ume in a well-matched milky blue Japanese pot:
2nd place deciduous, Japanese Maple in a Yamaaki pot:
1st place evergreen, shimpaku juniper in Gyouzan pot:
2nd place evergreen, shimpaku juniper:
1st place flowering, azalea in Bunzan pot:
2nd place flowering, azalea in a Chinese container:
1st place, “other”; a 5-point shohin display, JBP in Shibakatsu, maple clump in Ikkou, Chinese Elm in Koyo, Shimpaku in Shinobu:
Honorable mention went to this very unusual bald cypress in a Japanese nailhead drum pot:
