Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'
Style: Forest
Estimated Age: 40 years
Image courtesy of Chicago Botanic Garden, from "Bonsai: A Patient Art"
Botanical Name: Ulmus crassifolia
Style: Informal Upright
Estimated Age: 35 years
Image courtesy of Chicago Botanic Garden, from "Bonsai: A Patient Art"
Botanical Name: Ficus microcarpa var. nitida
Style: Informal Upright
Estimated Age: 40 years
Image courtesy of Chicago Botanic Garden, from "Bonsai: A Patient Art"
Botanical Name: Pinus thunbergii
Style: Literati or Bunjin
Estimated Age: 60 years
Image courtesy of Chicago Botanic Garden, from "Bonsai: A Patient Art"
Botanical Name: Juniperus rigida
Style: Liberati or Bunjin
Estimated Age: 200 years
Image courtesy of Chicago Botanic Garden, from "Bonsai: A Patient Art"
Botanical Name: Juniperis chinensis 'San Jose'
Style: Driftwood
Estimated Age: 75 years
Image courtesy of Chicago Botanic Garden, from "Bonsai: A Patient Art"
Botanical Name: Acer buergerianum
Style: Root-over-rock
Estimated Age: 50 years
Image courtesy of Chicago Botanic Garden, from "Bonsai: A Patient Art"
Botanical Name: Chaenomeles japonica 'Zoge'
Style: Clump
Estimated Age: 60 years
Image courtesy of Chicago Botanic Garden, from "Bonsai: A Patient Art"
Botanical Name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Style: Three Tree Group
Estimated Age: 25 years
Notes: Displayed tree from the Chicago Botanic Garden permanent collection
Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis obtusa
Style: Formal Upright
Estimated Age: 50 years
Notes: Displayed tree from the Chicago Botanic Garden permanent collection
Botanical Name: Pinus parviflora
Style: Informal Upright
Estimated Age: 50 years
Notes: Displayed tree from the Chicago Botanic Garden permanent collection
Botanical Name: Wisteria floribunda 'Kyushaku'
Style: Informal Upright
Estimated Age: 40 years
Notes: Displayed tree from the Chicago Botanic Garden permanent collection
Botanical Name: Acer buergerianum
Style: Informal Upright
Estimated Age: 60 years
Notes: Displayed tree from the Chicago Botanic Garden permanent collection. Nicknamed "Sumo" due to its size.
Botanical Name: Acer buergerianum
Style: Raft
Estimated age: 40 years
Notes: Displayed tree from the Chicago Botanic Garden permanent collection
Botanical Name: Fagus crenata
Style: Informal Upright
Estimated Age: 60 years
Notes: Displayed tree from the Chicago Botanic Garden permanent collection, 2010 Three Friends of Winter show
From: 2008 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibit
From: 2009 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibit
From: 2013 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibit
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Novice
River Birch
Triple Trunk
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Novice
Ponderosa Pine
Informal Upright
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Open
Japanese Five Needle Pine
Informal Upright
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Open
Japanese Black Pine
Cascade
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Open
Kishu Sargent Juniper
Informal Upright
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Open
Japanese White Pine
Informal Upright
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Open
Itoigawa Juniper
Informal Upright
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Open
Kishu Japanese Juniper & Satsuki Azalea
Semi-Cascade & Exposed Root
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Open
Itoigawa Shimpaku Juniper & Dwarf Azalea
Slant & Clump
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Open
Midnight Fig
Grove
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Open
Ficus
Clump
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Open
Shohin 10 Tree Display
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Open
Itoigawa Shimpaku Juniper & Chojubai Quince
Three Point Display
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Open
Satsuma Azalea
Exposed Root
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Open
Japanese Red Pine
Bunjin
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Professional
Japanese Black Pine
Informal Upright
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Professional
Shohin Composition
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Professional
Colorado Blue Spruce
Informal Upright
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
First Place, Professional
Kashima Japanese Maple
Informal Upright
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Best of Show
Pomegranate
Informal Upright
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
Professional
Dwarf Brush Cherry
This tree was shown in the first annual Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition in 1979, and returned to be shown in the 40th Annual Exhibition!
2017 Mid-America Bonsai Exhibition
First Place Professional and Best of Show Trees in Tokonoma
