Some new trees I picked up

DavidN

On the weekend I was lucky enough to be at a bonsai club sale of member trees. The sale was for members only and the trees for sale were from two main collections where the owners were over either 90 years old or gravely ill. In both cases they could not look after their trees any more. These trees are not only old but very cheaply priced. Also many of them had not been repotted in a long time.

This was a chance for members to keep these old trees within the club community by adding to their private collection and have the trees still available for club shows and so on. On a previous occasion a similar sale was conducted but I turned up five minutes after the sale commenced and missed out on picking up a bargain. I sadly watched a bonsai nursery owner walk away with some incredible trees which he would of happily sold for 5 to 10 times the price. Not wanting to miss out again I arrived an hour early and was first in line. I brought with me my wife, my brother and his girlfriend. They were going to help me "mind" the trees.

I gave my helpers instructions of which trees to go for as the doors open, and it turned out to be a well executed plan. I picked up quite a few nice trees and happily witnessed the nursery owner that bought all the good trees last time walk out with only a couple this time.

Anyway, I look forward to keeping updates on these trees.

Here they are.

In order (I hope):

Ash, very old kurama(sp) azalea, ceder, corky bark chinese elm, corky bark chinese elm clump, close up of the trunks of the elm clump.

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	Ash.jpg (53.3 KB, 126 views)
	azalea.jpg (68.7 KB, 111 views)
	ceder.jpg (64.2 KB, 115 views)
	corkyelmclumpbase.jpg (67.3 KB, 74 views)
	corkyelmclump.jpg (61.8 KB, 99 views)
	chineseelm.jpg (56.9 KB, 85 views)

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DavidN

Here are some more.

In order:
a beautiful little Japanese Maple, Old Japanese maple, Close up of white trunk on Japanese maple, Mini black pine, Old half dead pyracantha, close up of base of pyracantha.

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	Jmaplecolour.jpg (64.2 KB, 101 views)
	Jmaplewhite.jpg (62.3 KB, 66 views)
	JMaplewhitetrunk.jpg (54.9 KB, 30 views)
	pyracanthabase.jpg (67.3 KB, 37 views)
	pyracantha.jpg (58.1 KB, 75 views)
	minblackpine.jpg (66.9 KB, 76 views)

DavidN

Here are some more:

Large trident maple, base of trident maple, old trident clump, lovely little trident maple, trident maple future mini, trident maple future mini.

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	trident.jpg (63.5 KB, 87 views)
	tridentnebari.jpg (70.1 KB, 53 views)
	tridentclump.jpg (54.3 KB, 75 views)
	tridentmedium.jpg (59.2 KB, 51 views)
	tridentbase.jpg (55.3 KB, 62 views)
	tridentmin1.jpg (53.2 KB, 66 views)

Lesley

David,
Very nice acquisitions and in your hands they're sure to shine after you work with them and do some of your magic. I'm sure the previous owners would be pleased!Congratulations!
Lesley

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DavidN

last one:

future trident mini.

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tridentmin2.jpg (54.9 KB, 76 views)

Cre8tive

I really like the J. Maple #21510. Great addition to your collection.

Regards,
Mark

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BonsaiGreenhorn

Lucky you!

Excellent trees!
-Evan

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midwestbonsai

What a catch!!

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DavidN

I'm actually really happy because I know these trees will remain within our bonsai community and not be sold off to make a quick buck by other people. I know and hope that in my care these trees will recover some of their former glory.