The 2019 Exhibition of the Societé de Bonsai et Penjing du Québec (SBPQ)

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I’ll second that, thank you very much. I’ve long wanted to see more Montreal trees, I’ve only seen just enough to know there’s a lot worth seeing. Some crazy and cool trees in the circle there. A bunch of impressive and unique trees in the show too, I’ll have to watch it again. Liked the honkyoku as well. Hell of a good tanuki for sure.
 

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Rafael, thank you for this. A bunch of great trees there. They quite differ from those one can see at Europe. One can think that they were never touched by man. Reminder of Dan Robinson's trees. Age, Hardship and Dignity. Impressive.
 
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Yeah, it is interesting to see how the material and the local culture literally shapes the look of trees. I think there's still plenty of room for bonsai to evolve in Canada but perhaps there's a distinctive look coming through dictated by the type of Yamadori that we can find here.
 

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I’m the bearded guy with Rafael in the video. It was a great show, the best show in Québec I’ve seen so far in my 2 years in the hobby, with a bit of everything for everyone (yamadori, classical trees, some crazy stuff, nice mix of sizes, some Japanese-inspired display). The venue at Gros-Bec is splendid too, that helps, the Montréal society show is held in a tent these days, with terrible lighting.

Here are a few of my favourite trees from the exhibition.

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And some pictures from the sales area, mostly yamadori from northern Québec and a whole bunch of small field-grown junipers. Feel free to ask for the prices if you’re curious, I have a general idea of what the cost of all these were.

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thanks for posting Etienne!

that multi-trunk trident is interesting! any more pics of that base?

Feel free to ask for the prices if you’re curious, I have a general idea of what the cost of all these were.

don’t tell the americans about our low prices! let me buy what i need first! 🤣
 

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And some pictures from the sales area, mostly yamadori from northern Québec and a whole bunch of small field-grown junipers. Feel free to ask for the prices if you’re curious, I have a general idea of what the cost of all these were.

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Any jack pines for sale?
 

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Any jack pines for sale?

Yep, you can see 2 on the first picture 1, 1 on the 3rd picture and a small one in the fourth picture.

All other things being equal, they seem to sell for a bit more than larches, which are really the main yamadori species here. Just rarer, I guess, though quite common in the region where most of these were collected.
 

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Yep, you can see 2 on the first picture 1, 1 on the 3rd picture and a small one in the fourth picture.

All other things being equal, they seem to sell for a bit more than larches, which are really the main yamadori species here. Just rarer, I guess, though quite common in the region where most of these were collected.
Harder to survive after collection would probably be the reason.
 

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And some pictures from the sales area, mostly yamadori from northern Québec and a whole bunch of small field-grown junipers. Feel free to ask for the prices if you’re curious, I have a general idea of what the cost of all these were.

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Impressive materials for sale.

Do you have any better pics of these two crazy looking things?0FC86614-887C-4958-B6DC-669737A66990.jpegDAC9FBF0-99F1-4828-B673-81935C2E4F9A.jpeg
 

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Harder to survive after collection would probably be the reason.

I think the survival rate for jack pines in the area where these are collected is fairly high; at least, the regular collectors don’t mention that they have a harder time with jack pines than with larches. It’s a couple of inches of topsoil sitting on top of granite, you only have to make minor cuts to take the trees out of there. Rafael has collected some of his trees there, he could talk more about it.

There are clearly areas where I can imagine collecting jack pines is riskier (sandy soil).

Impressive materials for sale.

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Here’s a hi-resolution picture of the jack pine in the second picture (can’t see the foliage well because of the lush background, though):
These benches are part of the permanent collection of the couple who owns the nursery, some of these trees as pretty much legacy bonsai in Québec.
 
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