I drove through blizzards and flood water yesterday to attend the third Ayr Bonsai Club Winter Image Show in the historic village of Alloway on the Ayrshire coast. The numbers of people attending this year were slightly down on previous years due to the weather but those who braved the elements and made the effort to get there were not disappointed. This show grows from strength to strength with each passing season and the quality of the trees and the way they are displayed just gets better. This year, the organisers set up an area to photograph the trees in an adjacent room, which has made a terrific difference to the picture quality.
I think my favourite tree on the day was this larch over rock created by Ian McMaster and planted on a natural stone that was collected from a beach not very far from the show venue.
There just wasn’t enough time to photograph every tree at the show so here is a gallery of those that made the biggest impact on me.
To see a larger image in gallery mode, click on any image
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- white pine
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- larix
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- hornbeam
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- literati cedar
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- shohin white pine
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- shohin display
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- shohin trident maple
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- shohin gardenia
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- windswepth larch
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- my juniper
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- shohin larch and cork brked black pine
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- 2 nice Tosui pots
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- hormbeam raft
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- shohin larch
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- nice display with Hori Biko pot
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- Scots Pine
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- hornbeam
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- Deshojo Maple
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- Maurice’s new display stand was a talking point
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- nice Kutani yaki painted pot
Robert Nocher Shohin Bonsai 
Thanks Robert. +1 for the windswept larch😀 Your tree came a close second😉 Bryan
Thanks for these photos – the quality of the trees at the show is impressive. Any chance you know who the scots pine belongs to?
The Scots pine belongs to a chap called Ian from the Ayr club. It’s a great tree with very short needles
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This looks like an excellent show. Thanks Robert for the pics.