This and the other photos shown here were all taken by Bill Valavanis at the 2019 2nd US National Shohin Bonsai Exhibition. It's cropped for a close look at the tree. Bill's original is just below The following is taken from Bill Valavanis' bonsai blog, as are all the photos shown here..."The 2019 2nd US National Shohi

Mock privet Phillyrea latifolia Size: 90cm Collected in 2007.

Let's look at two of the more impressive broadleaf evergreens in the Expo, a ficus and a cork oak.

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Look what I just picked up! It was on the bumper and I reached down and grabbed it and now I'm holding it.......sorry, the jokes don't get much better today....Anyway, it's a ficus microcarpa (some call it a Cuban laurel fig, which is odd because it's a Chinese species. Some call it, erroneously, a ficus…

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Look what I just picked up! It was on the bumper and I reached down and grabbed it and now I'm holding it.......sorry, the jokes don't get much better today....Anyway, it's a ficus microcarpa (some call it a Cuban laurel fig, which is odd because it's a Chinese species. Some call it, erroneously, a ficus…