Annual Show 2025 – Ribbons

For the first time we had a judge attending our show and critiquing our trees. There’s always room for improvement and we will try to make it better for next year but, overall, we believe that this “experiment” was a great success. The judge’s comments have been recorded for each tree entered in the show and will be handed to members at the next meeting. We hope that these comments will let you see your trees from a different perspective and help you refine your bonsai even more.

Ribbons have been awarded for first (blue), second (red) and third (white) place for both the novice and open classes. We also had three extra ribbons: People’s Choice, Award of Merit and Best in Show.

Novice Category

First Place (blue ribbon)

Vietnamese Bluebell – Trifidacanthus unifoliatus

American Larch – Larix laricina

Chinese Juniper – Juniperus chinensis ‘Shimpaku’

Second Place (red ribbon)

Eastern Red Cedar – Juniperus virginiana

Ficus Burtt-Davyi, Hinoki Cypress, Kingsville Boxwood, Japanese Quince, Snowrose – Ficus burtt-davyi, Chamaecyparis obtusa, Buxus microphylla ‘Compacta’, Chaenomeles japonica, Serissa japonica

Japanese Black Pine – Pinus thunbergii

Third Place (white ribbon)

Black Pussywillow – Salix gracilistyla ‘Melanostachys’

Tigerbark Ficus – Ficus microcarpa

Open Category

First Place

Japanese Larch – Larix kaempferi

Korean Hornbeam – Carpinus turczaninovii

Chinese Quince – Pseudocydonia sinensis

White Cedar – Thuja occidentalis

Second Place

Dwarf Korean Lilac – Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’

Dwarf Balsam Fir – Abies balsamea ‘Bear Swamp’

American Larch – Larix laricina

Third Place

Kingsville Boxwood – Buxus microphylla ‘Compacta’

Amur Maple – Acer ginnala

Kingsville Boxwood – Buxus microphylla ‘Compacta’

Balsam Fir – Abies balsamea

People’s Choice (popular vote)

Dwarf Korean Lilac – Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’

Award of Merit

Chinese Quince – Pseudocydonia sinensis

Best in Show

Korean Hornbeam – Carpinus turczaninovii

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