The club member purchased this as nursery stock at Home Depot; age unknown.  It was developed as an informal upright bonsai starting in the spring of 2014 and transplanted to the current pot in 2016.  An interesting point about the tree is that its closest relative is heather.

The club member purchased the Crape Myrtle from the Bonsai Learning Center at the National Arboritum Show in May.  They did a little wiring which was removed about three weeks ago.  It's main attraction are the bark and the fall leaf color.  The tree is 20" tall including the 3" pot and 14" wide.  The trunk is 3" in diameter at the base and splits into two 1" trunks.  The pot is a glazed creme colored Chinese pot.

The tree is approx. 150 yes old and has been in training for 20 yrs. The botanical name is THUJA  OCCIDENTALIS. The tree was collected in Canada, and was purchased by the club member in 1996 at the BCI convention from Arthur Skolnik.

This Chinese Elm on a rock is 10 years old and measures 12 by 22 inches.  The rock was collected in Owings Mills, MD.  The elm started as a rooted cutting at the tender age of 2 and was placed on top of the rock.  Once the roots reached the bottom; it was planted into a japanese pot 8 years ago.

This Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia) is about 50 years old.  It stands about 36 inches high and 32 in wide.  The club member acquired it from Meehan's  Miniatures out in Rohrersville, MD about 2 years ago.  Its been repotted this past spring in a 19 x 16 ceramic pot and has been restyled to final finish.

The club member purchased the Brazilain Rain tree (Chloroleucon Tortum)  about 4-5 years ago; it was about half it's current size.  It was placed in a 10'' Azalea pot and allowed to grow.  it was trained and shaped until this past October when it was placed in it's current pot.

The club member collected this Chinese Wisteria about 15 years ago.  It was planted in a large (20 gallon?) nursery container that was cut to perhaps 9” high.  To their amazement and joy, the wisteria had a few blooms the very next spring and has bloomed reliably every year except one.  The pot is Chinese, 4½” high x 24” long (outside dimensions).  The bonsai is 32” high from soil surface x 36” wide.  The base is 6½” wide just above the roots.

This stand is made of wild cherry.  The original cuts were made with a chainsaw and the radiuses on the top were made with a sabre saw.  The underside was striped of bark and coated with lime-sulfer mixed witha bit of black ink and the finish coat is polyurathane.  The tree is a Shinpaku Juniper in training since 2002 and was field grown.

This tree was collected in the Rocky mountains in the spring of 2009.  It's owner has learned, through (mostly unfortunate) experience, that yamadoris are best developed patiently.  The tree reached Baltimore in 2010 and acclimated until initial styling in March 2011.  It was transplanted into an Osiga chinese unglazed bonsai pot in spring 2014, with considerable pruning of its roots.  Over this fall and winter, it has been rewired, including all secondary branches.  

The stone was collected in West Virginia near the Charlestown area about ten years ago by the club member.  It is quartz, 19.5 inches tall and 14 inches wide.  The daiza was constructed by the club member in December 2015.  The wood is red oak with a custom finish.