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Spuds Moyogi
Here's a photo of my live oak at the PBA juried show this weekend. I wanted to post some others of the exhibit, but I'm having some issues with the digital quality of my pics (this was taken by a friend)...This didn't win any prizes, but I really enjoyed participating in the event. The entire process of exhibiting was terrific and I learned quite a lot.
A very, very good Japanese White Pine semi-cascade won the event--which was judged by Steve Tolley from the UK. Second place was a big collected Douglas Fir and in third place of all things was a limeberry (Triphasia trifolia) a southeast asian native that's not usually seen here in the US...I've never seen one outside of the Arb's collection.
I post my tree here mainly because I had asked Al for advice on the stand in the run up to the show. He suggested using a "jiita"-- a plain weathered board usually reserved for accent plantings and are kind of small--as this tree is pretty large. A formal stand that would "fit" this tree would not only be expensive, but would be kind of clumsy. I expanded the jiita idea to this 36" x 26" platform made from old barn wood. Thanks for the help Smoke.
A very, very good Japanese White Pine semi-cascade won the event--which was judged by Steve Tolley from the UK. Second place was a big collected Douglas Fir and in third place of all things was a limeberry (Triphasia trifolia) a southeast asian native that's not usually seen here in the US...I've never seen one outside of the Arb's collection.
I post my tree here mainly because I had asked Al for advice on the stand in the run up to the show. He suggested using a "jiita"-- a plain weathered board usually reserved for accent plantings and are kind of small--as this tree is pretty large. A formal stand that would "fit" this tree would not only be expensive, but would be kind of clumsy. I expanded the jiita idea to this 36" x 26" platform made from old barn wood. Thanks for the help Smoke.
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