This Japanese beech planting belongs to Sergio Cuan, who happens to be the illustrator for Michael Hagedorn's Bonsai Heresy

 

Today is World Bonsai Day, so here they are... world bonsai. So many people have generously offered photos of their trees and the variation is spectacular. All types of trees from almost everywhere, and they range all the way from magnificent to strange and back (you can substitute 'daring', for 'strange' if you like). We put some up Wednesday, now here are a lot more for your viewing pleasure.

All the photos shown here are from California Bonsai Society's World Bonsai Exhibition pages on Facebook (scroll down the bottom for the link). Enjoy!

Full Moon Maple (Acer japonicum). William N. Valavanis

  

"The Calligrapher" (Pemphis acidula) Robert Steven

 

Phoenician juniper (Juniperus phoenicea). Zino Rongo

 

 Golden pinball. Sanjay Dham 

 

"A bonsai exhibition is incomplete without pots..."  Bonsai Monogatari

 

Juniperus chinensis. Andrea Junger

 

Ficus phillipinensis. Juan Llaga

 

Trident maple, Root-over-Rock. Mark R Cooper

 

Lebanese cedar (Cedrus libani). Mugo Ferrari

  

Bucida (Terminalia molineti). Enrique Castaño

  

Chinese hackberry. Marge Blasingame

 

Cork bark Chinese elm. Michael Roberts

 

Chinese elm (Ulmus parviflora). Ed Trout 

 

Cadetia Kusamono. Bonsai Monogatari 

 

"From BIG to small" Mark Arpag

 

We started this post with one of Sergio Cuan's offerings and now we'll end it the same way. Eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis)

 

 

 One of Sergio's illustrations from Bonsai Heresy

 

Here's your link for the California Bonsai Society's World Bonsai Exhibition pages on Facebook