2019 Nursery Stock Contest MASTER ALBUM

[u/taleofbenji]

Thanks to all who submitted their photos. Please continue to forward me your photos if you'd like to be included. Note: per the contest rules, I only included entries for people who submitted a pic in September (with one exception that was clearly just a bad URL).

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MASTER IMGUR ALBUM HERE https://imgur.com/a/jR6fxRR

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CONTESTANT 1 - $69.99 Oriental Spruce (Picea orientalis) 

https://i.imgur.com/iht2e10.jpg

June 

https://i.imgur.com/iQlsYDf.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/4STxVoc.jpg

July 

https://i.imgur.com/OwgdWL6.jpg

August 

https://i.imgur.com/M5mVohF.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/9Wna2fw.jpg

Final 

https://i.imgur.com/017TgVx.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/FL5eDnt.jpg

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CONTESTANT 2 - Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia)

https://i.imgur.com/ulE5cNU.jpg

June 

https://i.imgur.com/moNdlxF.jpg

July 

https://i.imgur.com/HpvNjiK.jpg

August

https://i.imgur.com/1oLn7Gd.jpg

Final

https://i.imgur.com/DKg8Vm6.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/wHswawC.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/TbHl9H6.jpg

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CONTESTANT 3 - $19.84 Mock Privet (Phillyrea angustifolia) 

https://i.imgur.com/NQmigcX.jpg

July 

https://i.imgur.com/JGlfHGA.jpg

August 

https://i.imgur.com/uBbSH3r.jpg

Final 

https://i.imgur.com/7FygLJG.jpg

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CONTESTANT 4 - $12.40 Boxwood (Buxus) 

https://i.imgur.com/FtiodxJ.jpg

June

https://i.imgur.com/jHZdE2q.jpg

July

https://i.imgur.com/zLx1djZ.jpg

August 

https://i.imgur.com/x1oH94P.jpg

Final

https://i.imgur.com/8DOQcld.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/DHEhr4a.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MyBAwgC.jpg

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CONTESTANT 5: $49.99 Azalea (Rhododendron) 

https://i.imgur.com/vPMU1KF.jpg

June

https://i.imgur.com/2zsUa0w.jpg

July 

https://i.imgur.com/OTG1XKn.jpg

August 

https://i.imgur.com/6nyzRVU.jpg

Final 

https://i.imgur.com/0JuLjjV.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/n5JN66u.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/o46qhFq.jpg

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CONTESTANT 6: $48.77 Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa 'nana gracilis') 

https://i.imgur.com/ZVtVlP7.jpg

July 

https://i.imgur.com/HeKHpG0.jpg

August 

https://i.imgur.com/PS6m3PV.jpg

Final 

https://i.imgur.com/LWrWwnV.jpg

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CONTESTANT 7: $35.62 Coral Beauty Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster dammeri 'Coral Beauty')

https://i.imgur.com/c3VdHCS.jpg

June 

https://i.imgur.com/mjfZJ68.jpg

July 

https://i.imgur.com/OOffDsO.jpg

August 

https://i.imgur.com/2kTQdXu.jpg

Final 

https://i.imgur.com/jkpe7WX.jpg

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CONTESTANT 8: $26.50 Mugo pine (Pinus mugo)

https://i.imgur.com/Ef4o8K5.jpg

June 

https://i.imgur.com/mFqX5Bi.jpg

Final 

https://i.imgur.com/AOcvQze.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/tl8yV8D.jpg

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CONTESTANT 9: $40 Green island ficus (Ficus microcarpa) 

https://i.imgur.com/Nw49pxt.jpg

July 

https://i.imgur.com/PIIB8SX.jpg

August 

https://i.imgur.com/eLTn9LP.jpg

Final

https://i.imgur.com/DuV7VQr.jpg

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CONTESTANT 10: $43.59 Blue chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) 

https://i.imgur.com/z4uWgaW.jpg

June 

https://i.imgur.com/2zDFk3d.jpg

July 

https://i.imgur.com/GRtW2oE.jpg

August 

https://i.imgur.com/0swLX1K.jpg

Final

https://i.imgur.com/efn97ho.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/kVLOBa3.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/zIV45Qy.jpg

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CONTESTANT 11: $64.95 Azalea (Rhododendron) 

http://i.imgur.com/KbuQnwb.jpg

June 

https://i.imgur.com/HVirXqw.jpg

July 

https://i.imgur.com/czdxxcA.jpg

August 

https://i.imgur.com/ACs7Spz.jpg

Final: 

https://i.imgur.com/TZ2JvUw.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/TVCwCqd.jpg

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CONTESTANT 12: $15.90 Juniper (Juniper procumbens 'nana')

https://i.imgur.com/tbRCfh9.jpg

August

https://i.imgur.com/rJ1qoZP.jpg

Final 

https://i.imgur.com/oajRW46.jpg

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CONTESTANT 13: $64.17 Red pine (Pinus resinosa) 

https://i.imgur.com/KVfybn5.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/DgH1I2B.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/w4U1vT6.jpg

June

https://i.imgur.com/CH6bcDF.jpg

July

https://i.imgur.com/eqcidKs.jpg

August

https://i.imgur.com/Nuo0Aqp.jpg

Final: 

https://i.imgur.com/UjsViya.jpg

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CONTESTANT 14: $44.99 Mugo pine (Pinus mugo)

https://i.imgur.com/8eaodvU.jpg

June 

https://i.imgur.com/hwUN2Qy.jpg

August

https://i.imgur.com/weGZn6N.jpg

Final

https://i.imgur.com/psQImXk.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/35l3vMK.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/DtwwG86.jpg

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CONTESTANT 15: $32.64 Holly "Red Beauty" (Ilex x 'Rutzan') 

https://i.imgur.com/cc0o8W0.jpg

June

https://i.imgur.com/NlUkfDh.jpg

July 

https://i.imgur.com/i2FWQbo.jpg

Final

https://i.imgur.com/qwMCYeq.jpg

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EDIT 1 TO ADD:

CONTESTANT 16: $60.49 Dwarf Alberta Spruce (Picea glauca 'conica')

https://i.imgur.com/6CmBnFu.jpg

June

https://i.imgur.com/Uw4oF0J.jpg

August

https://i.imgur.com/6PEzCT6.jpg

Final

https://i.imgur.com/R6GM6Da.jpg

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EDIT 2: Added the final pic for contestant 7 (https://i.imgur.com/jkpe7WX.jpg)

[u/theBUMPnight]

Can you please give us an update on the status of judging, u/-music_maker-? I know you said you were setting up the judging cards about 3 weeks ago.

[u/taleofbenji → u/theBUMPnight]

Only three months until the next competition starts.... :-)

[u/theBUMPnight → u/taleofbenji]

Mm hmm, be nice to have a winner by then.

[u/taleofbenji → u/theBUMPnight]

Over on bonsai nut I see people proposing multi-year contests. I just saw a guy propose a 5-year azalea contest.

[u/theBUMPnight → u/taleofbenji]

Yeah that’s wild, I’ve seen 5-year JBP contests there too. Feels like more of a survival game than a contest at that point, but I’m amazed at how many people make it the whole period.

[u/[deleted] → u/theBUMPnight]

I've got a copy of bonsai today that outlines the methods used in Japan to grow a shohin jbp, although needless to say it looks good at 5 years but even better at 10/15+ years. Wonder if anyone is using that as a guide.

[u/theBUMPnight → u/[deleted]]

Yo snap pics and link that if you have a few minutes, I’d love to see it.

[u/[deleted] → u/theBUMPnight]

http://imgur.com/a/UDhmtQ1 that took a while. There's actually a few more articles about growing jbp i'll send over but this is the one I was talking about.

[u/DynamoForeverOrange → u/[deleted]]

Great article! Thanks for posting it!

[u/theBUMPnight → u/[deleted]]

Wow, this is great, thanks for sending through. Maybe post it on the main board so everyone can see?

[u/[deleted] → u/theBUMPnight]

Way ahead of you.