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Competition Results

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Gardening Scotland Bonsai 2018
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Gardening Scotland Bonsai 2017

Number of trees entered into the show = 104.

See all Gardening Scotland 2017 GS2017 Bonsai Show Trees

Class No - Class Description Place/
Awards
Photo Tree Type Member
01 - Mame/Shohin up to 6 inches
  Japanese Holly Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Japanese Holly Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Japanese Holly Jim Conlin
 
  Cotoneaster Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
No
Photo
Cotoneaster Pat Simpson
 
  Japanese Elm Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
Japanese Elm Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Japanese Elm Maurice Maidment
02 - Mame/Shohin 6-9 inches
  White Pine Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
White Pine Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show White Pine Andrew Watson
 
  Hinoki Cypress Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
Hinoki Cypress Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Hinoki Cypress Jim Conlin
 
  Chinese Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
Chinese Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Chinese Juniper Maurice Maidment
03 - Slanting
  Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Larch John & Ina Morris
04 - Informal Upright Deciduous 9-15 inches
  Mountain Maple Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Mountain Maple Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Mountain Maple Jim Conlin
 
  Kiyhime Maple Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
Kiyhime Maple Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Kiyhime Maple Jim & Ian McMaster
 
  Maple Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
Maple Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Maple Stuart Richardson
05 - Informal Upright Evergreen 9-15 inches
  Cotoneaster Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Cotoneaster Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Cotoneaster Andrew Watson
 
  White Pine Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
White Pine Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show White Pine Maurice Maidment
 
  Hinoki Cypress Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
Hinoki Cypress Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Hinoki Cypress Jim Conlin
06 - Informal Upright Deciduous 15-21 inches
  Mountain Maple Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Mountain Maple Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Mountain Maple Alan Downie
 
  Winged Spindle Tree Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
Winged Spindle Tree Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Winged Spindle Tree Maurice Maidment
 
  Deshojo Maple Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
Deshojo Maple Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Deshojo Maple Gordon & Ann Adam
07 - Informal Upright Evergreen 15-21 inches
  Chinese Juniper  (Blaaws) Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Chinese Juniper  (Blaaws) Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Chinese Juniper (Blaaws) Lee & Eleanor Purdie
 
  Juniper Boulevard Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
Juniper Boulevard Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Juniper Boulevard Iain & Elizabeth Downie
 
  Juniper Plumosa Aura Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
Juniper Plumosa Aura Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Juniper Plumosa Aura Roy Baird
08 - Informal Upright Deciduous over 21 inches
  Hornbeam Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Hornbeam Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Hornbeam Iain & Elizabeth Downie
 
  European Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
European Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show European Larch Gordon & Ann Adam
 
  Copper Beech Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
Copper Beech Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Copper Beech Brian & Sandie Harley
09 - Informal Upright Evergreen over 21 inches
  Chinese Juniper (Blaaws) Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Best In Show
Chinese Juniper (Blaaws) Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Chinese Juniper (Blaaws) Lee & Eleanor Purdie
 
  Scots Pine Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
Scots Pine Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Scots Pine Jim & Ian McMaster
 
  Atlantic Cedar Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
Atlantic Cedar Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Atlantic Cedar Sandy Forbes
10 - Cascade
  Arctic Beech Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Arctic Beech Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Arctic Beech Marie Vevers
 
  Cotoneaster Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
Cotoneaster Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Cotoneaster Jessie Hardie
 
  European Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
European Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show European Larch Pat Simpson
11 - Semi Cascade
  Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Juniper Iain & Elizabeth Downie
 
  European Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
European Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show European Larch Marie Vevers
 
  Cotoneaster Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
Cotoneaster Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Cotoneaster Gordon & Ann Adam
12 - Root Over Rock
  Chinese Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Chinese Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Chinese Juniper Jim Conlin
 
  Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Juniper Andrew Watson
 
  European Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
European Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show European Larch Jim & Ian McMaster
13 - Literati
  Scots Pine Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Reserve Best in Show
Scots Pine Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Scots Pine Jim & Ian McMaster
 
  Chinese Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
Chinese Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Chinese Juniper Marie Vevers
 
  Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Juniper John & Ina Morris
14 - Windswept
  Hawthorn Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Hawthorn Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Hawthorn Jim & Ian McMaster
 
  European Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
European Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show European Larch Alan Downie
 
  European Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
European Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show European Larch Kim & Libby Fowler & Adamson
15 - Bonsai in Flower
  Satsuki Azalea Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Satsuki Azalea Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Satsuki Azalea Maurice Maidment
 
  Satsuki Azalea Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
Satsuki Azalea Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Satsuki Azalea Maurice Maidment
 
  Red Hawthorn Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
Red Hawthorn Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Red Hawthorn Jim & Ian McMaster
16 - Twin Trunk/Split/Forked Trunk/Multi Trunk
  Box Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Box Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Box Dave Waddington
17 - Raft/Group
  Norway Acer Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Norway Acer Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Norway Acer Pat Simpson
 
  Field Maple  Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
Field Maple  Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Field Maple Jim & Ian McMaster
 
  Mountain Maple Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
Mountain Maple Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Mountain Maple Marie Vevers
18 - Landscape
  Korean Rowan Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Korean Rowan Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Korean Rowan James Baxter
19 - Driftwood
  Chinese Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Chinese Juniper Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Chinese Juniper Jim & Ian McMaster
20 - Novice (less than three years in Bonsai)
  Japanese White Pine Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Japanese White Pine Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Japanese White Pine Jim Conlin
 
  Satsuki Azalea 2nd
No
Photo
Satsuki Azalea "Kaho" Michael Hurst
 
  Japanese Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 3rd
Japanese Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Japanese Larch Jim Conlin
22 - Open (Not clearly in other classes)
  Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 1st
Larch Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Larch John & Ina Morris
 
  Sycamore Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show 2nd
Sycamore Bonsai Tree - GS2017 Bonsai Show Sycamore James Baxter



From all of the Class winning trees the "Best in Show","Reserve Best In Show" and "Special Award" trees are shown below.

Class No - Class Description Place Award Photo Tree Type Member
09 - Informal Upright Evergreen over 21 inches 1st Best In Show Chinese Juniper (Blaaws) Bonsai Image GS2017 Chinese Juniper (Blaaws) Lee & Eleanor Purdie
13 - Literati 1st Reserve Best in Show Scots Pine Bonsai Image GS2017 Scots Pine Jim & Ian McMaster


Public Choice Vote

There is also a Public Choice competition where members of the public viewing the trees can select the tree which is their personal favourite. Votes are collected and counted over the three days of the show.

Place Votes Photo Tree Member
1 Scots Pine Bonsai Scots Pine - Literati Jim & Ian McMaster
2 Scots Pine Bonsai Scots Pine - Informal Upright Evergreen over 21 inches Jim & Ian McMaster
3 Copper Beech Bonsai Copper Beech - Informal Upright Deciduous over 21 inches Brian & Sandie Harley
4 Scots Pine Bonsai Scots Pine - Informal Upright Evergreen over 21 inches Brian & Sandie Harley
5 Mountain Maple Bonsai Mountain Maple - Informal Upright Deciduous 15-21 inches Alan Downie
6 European Larch Bonsai European Larch - Windswept Alan Downie
7 Chinese Juniper Bonsai Chinese Juniper - Cascade Sandy Forbes
8 Atlantic Cedar Bonsai Atlantic Cedar - Informal Upright Evergreen over 21 inches Sandy Forbes
9 European Larch Bonsai European Larch - Raft/Group Sandy Forbes
10 European Larch Bonsai European Larch - Windswept Sandy Forbes
11 European Larch Bonsai European Larch - Semi Cascade Marie Vevers
12 Mountain Maple Bonsai Mountain Maple - Raft/Group Marie Vevers
13 Chinese Juniper Bonsai Chinese Juniper - Literati Marie Vevers
14 Arctic Beech Bonsai Arctic Beech - Cascade Marie Vevers
15 Cotoneaster Bonsai Cotoneaster - Mame/Shohin 6-9 inches Marie Vevers
16 Cotoneaster Bonsai Cotoneaster - Mame/Shohin up to 6 inches C P Carroll
17 Picea Nariana Bonsai Picea Nariana - Mame/Shohin 6-9 inches C P Carroll
18 Larch Bonsai Larch - Mame/Shohin 6-9 inches C P Carroll
19 Japanese Larch Bonsai Japanese Larch - Informal Upright Deciduous 9-15 inches C P Carroll
20 Cotoneaster Bonsai Cotoneaster - Cascade Jessie Hardie
21 Cotoneaster Bonsai Cotoneaster - Cascade Jessie Hardie
22 No
Photo
Cotoneaster - Mame/Shohin up to 6 inches Pat Simpson
23 Chinese Juniper (Blaaws) Bonsai Chinese Juniper (Blaaws) - Informal Upright Evergreen over 21 inches Lee & Eleanor Purdie
24 European Larch Bonsai European Larch - Windswept Kim & Libby Fowler & Adamson
25 Sycamore Bonsai Sycamore - Open (Not clearly in other classes) James Baxter
26 Japanese Larch Bonsai Japanese Larch - Literati Kim & Libby Fowler & Adamson
27 Spirea Bonsai Spirea - Root Over Rock Kim & Libby Fowler & Adamson
28 Hinoki Cypress Bonsai Hinoki Cypress - Informal Upright Evergreen 9-15 inches Kim & Libby Fowler & Adamson
29 No
Photo
Oak - Novice (less than three years in Bonsai) Christopher McGregor
30 No
Photo
Acer Palmatum Deshojo - Novice (less than three years in Bonsai) Christopher McGregor
31 No
Photo
Japanese Maple - Novice (less than three years in Bonsai) Michael Hurst
32 No
Photo
Satsuki Azalea "Kaho" - Novice (less than three years in Bonsai) Michael Hurst
33 Maple Bonsai Maple - Informal Upright Deciduous 9-15 inches Stuart Richardson
34 Larch Bonsai Larch - Informal Upright Deciduous 9-15 inches Stuart Richardson
35 White Pine Bonsai White Pine - Mame/Shohin 6-9 inches Andrew Watson
36 Larch Bonsai Larch - Informal Upright Deciduous 9-15 inches Andrew Watson
37 Cotoneaster Bonsai Cotoneaster - Informal Upright Evergreen 9-15 inches Andrew Watson
38 Juniper Bonsai Juniper - Semi Cascade Andrew Watson
39 Juniper Bonsai Juniper - Root Over Rock Andrew Watson
40 Chinese Elm Bonsai Chinese Elm - Mame/Shohin up to 6 inches Maurice Maidment
41 Japanese Elm Bonsai Japanese Elm - Mame/Shohin up to 6 inches Maurice Maidment
42 White Pine Bonsai White Pine - Mame/Shohin 6-9 inches Maurice Maidment
43 Chinese Juniper Bonsai Chinese Juniper - Mame/Shohin 6-9 inches Maurice Maidment
44 European Hornbeam Bonsai European Hornbeam - Informal Upright Deciduous 9-15 inches Maurice Maidment
45 White Pine Bonsai White Pine - Informal Upright Evergreen 9-15 inches Maurice Maidment
46 Winged Spindle Tree Bonsai Winged Spindle Tree - Informal Upright Deciduous 15-21 inches Maurice Maidment
47 Trident Maple  Bonsai Trident Maple - Root Over Rock Maurice Maidment
48 Satsuki Azalea Bonsai Satsuki Azalea - Bonsai in Flower Maurice Maidment
49 Satsuki Azalea Bonsai Satsuki Azalea - Bonsai in Flower Maurice Maidment
50 Chinese Juniper  (Blaaws) Bonsai Chinese Juniper (Blaaws) - Informal Upright Evergreen 15-21 inches Lee & Eleanor Purdie
51 Cotoneaster Bonsai Cotoneaster - Informal Upright Evergreen 9-15 inches Dave Waddington
52 Box Bonsai Box - Twin Trunk/Split/Forked Trunk/Multi Trunk Dave Waddington
53 Larch Bonsai Larch - Informal Upright Deciduous 9-15 inches Roy Baird
54 Hornbeam Bonsai Hornbeam - Informal Upright Deciduous 9-15 inches Roy Baird
55 Chamaecyparis Bonsai Chamaecyparis - Informal Upright Evergreen 9-15 inches Roy Baird
56 Juniper Plumosa Aura Bonsai Juniper Plumosa Aura - Informal Upright Evergreen 15-21 inches Roy Baird
57 Birch Bonsai Birch - Informal Upright Deciduous 15-21 inches Roy Baird
58 Larch Bonsai Larch - Slanting John & Ina Morris
59 Juniper Bonsai Juniper - Literati John & Ina Morris
60 Larch Bonsai Larch - Raft/Group John & Ina Morris
61 Larch Bonsai Larch - Open (Not clearly in other classes) John & Ina Morris
62 Common Rowan Bonsai Common Rowan - Mame/Shohin up to 6 inches James Baxter
63 Mountain Ash Bonsai Mountain Ash - Mame/Shohin up to 6 inches James Baxter
64 Korean Rowan Bonsai Korean Rowan - Landscape James Baxter
65 Chamaecyparus Bonsai Chamaecyparus - Informal Upright Evergreen 9-15 inches Iain & Elizabeth Downie
66 Juniper Boulevard Bonsai Juniper Boulevard - Informal Upright Evergreen 15-21 inches Iain & Elizabeth Downie
67 Hornbeam Bonsai Hornbeam - Informal Upright Deciduous over 21 inches Iain & Elizabeth Downie
68 Juniper Bonsai Juniper - Cascade Iain & Elizabeth Downie
69 Juniper Bonsai Juniper - Semi Cascade Iain & Elizabeth Downie
70 European Larch Bonsai European Larch - Informal Upright Deciduous 9-15 inches Pat Simpson
71 Common Juniper Bonsai Common Juniper - Mame/Shohin 6-9 inches Pat Simpson
72 Kyhome Acer Bonsai Kyhome Acer - Mame/Shohin up to 6 inches Pat Simpson
73 European Larch Bonsai European Larch - Windswept Pat Simpson
74 European Larch Bonsai European Larch - Mame/Shohin 6-9 inches Pat Simpson
75 European Larch Bonsai European Larch - Cascade Pat Simpson
76  Cotoneaster Bonsai Cotoneaster - Cascade Pat Simpson
77 Satsuki Azelea Bonsai Satsuki Azelea - Bonsai in Flower Pat Simpson
78 Norway Acer Bonsai Norway Acer - Raft/Group Pat Simpson
79 Hawthorn Bonsai Hawthorn - Windswept Gordon & Ann Adam
80 Cotoneaster Bonsai Cotoneaster - Mame/Shohin up to 6 inches Gordon & Ann Adam
81 European Larch Bonsai European Larch - Windswept Gordon & Ann Adam
82 Silver Birch Bonsai Silver Birch - Informal Upright Deciduous 15-21 inches Gordon & Ann Adam
83 Mountain Maple Bonsai Mountain Maple - Informal Upright Deciduous 15-21 inches Gordon & Ann Adam
84 Deshojo Maple Bonsai Deshojo Maple - Informal Upright Deciduous 15-21 inches Gordon & Ann Adam
85 Cotoneaster Bonsai Cotoneaster - Semi Cascade Gordon & Ann Adam
86 European Larch Bonsai European Larch - Informal Upright Deciduous over 21 inches Gordon & Ann Adam
87 Chinese Juniper Bonsai Chinese Juniper - Root Over Rock Jim Conlin
88 Mountain Maple Bonsai Mountain Maple - Informal Upright Deciduous 9-15 inches Jim Conlin
89 Hinoki Cypress Bonsai Hinoki Cypress - Mame/Shohin 6-9 inches Jim Conlin
90 Japanese Holly Bonsai Japanese Holly - Mame/Shohin up to 6 inches Jim Conlin
91 Japanese White Pine Bonsai Japanese White Pine - Novice (less than three years in Bonsai) Jim Conlin
92 Cork Bark Elm Bonsai Cork Bark Elm - Mame/Shohin 6-9 inches Jim Conlin
93 Hinoki Cypress Bonsai Hinoki Cypress - Informal Upright Evergreen 9-15 inches Jim Conlin
94 Trident Maple  Bonsai Trident Maple - Mame/Shohin up to 6 inches Jim Conlin
95 Japanese Larch Bonsai Japanese Larch - Novice (less than three years in Bonsai) Jim Conlin
96 Field Maple  Bonsai Field Maple - Raft/Group Jim & Ian McMaster
97 European Larch Bonsai European Larch - Root Over Rock Jim & Ian McMaster
98 Azelea  Bonsai Azelea - Bonsai in Flower Jim & Ian McMaster
99 Yew Bonsai Yew - Informal Upright Evergreen 9-15 inches Jim & Ian McMaster
100 Japanese White Pine Bonsai Japanese White Pine - Informal Upright Evergreen 9-15 inches Jim & Ian McMaster
101 Kiyhime Maple Bonsai Kiyhime Maple - Informal Upright Deciduous 9-15 inches Jim & Ian McMaster
102 Chinese Juniper Bonsai Chinese Juniper - Driftwood Jim & Ian McMaster
103 Hawthorn Bonsai Hawthorn - Windswept Jim & Ian McMaster
104 Red Hawthorn Bonsai Red Hawthorn - Bonsai in Flower Jim & Ian McMaster
   
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