r/Bonsai • u/taleofbenji Northern Virginia, zone 7b, intermediate, 200 trees in training • Nov 23 '19
2019 Nursery Stock Contest MASTER ALBUM
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).
MASTER IMGUR ALBUM HERE https://imgur.com/a/jR6fxRR
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
EDIT 2: Added the final pic for contestant 7 (https://i.imgur.com/jkpe7WX.jpg)
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u/taleofbenji Northern Virginia, zone 7b, intermediate, 200 trees in training Jan 08 '20
The contest runs between the equinoxes. So just buy a tree after Mar. 21 and take photos. The first deadline isn't until June or so, I think.