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Top left; Carpinus caroliniana showing the musculature and expansive canopy indicative of older wild trees.
Bottom left; Euonymus alatus by Ken Duncan.
Bottom right; Witchhazel, Hamamelis spp. from the Asheville
Arboretum in container by Mark Isenberg.
Facing Page:
Top left; Acer palmatum by Ed Lauer; winner of “Best Winter
Silhouette”
Top right; William N. Valavanis’ Larix laricina Bottom left; Taxodium distichum by Ken Duncan Bottom right; Ulmus alata by Rob Kempinski
fill a gap in the period of down-time common to the bonsai scene in the Southeastern region of America. William N. Valavanis, Joseph Noga, and Owen Reich volunteered their services to make the event a success. Mr. Valavanis provided a comprehensive demonstra- tion on Chinese Quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) as well as a critique of the exhibition displays. Joseph Noga provided the high-quality formal bonsai pho- tos published in this article. Owen Reich conducted a styling demonstration on a Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida). The whole event was free to exhibitors, vendors, and attendees.
Castle and Cooke Corporation has been kind enough to make the David H. Murdock Center avail- able each year. The actual exhibition space is on the bottom floor of a four story building that has walls, floor and pillars made of Italian Carrara marble; the
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