Welcome back all! Its been a long time since I posted last. Its just been a crazy year in robotics for me and has taken up all my bonsai time since January 2018. So I'm be trying to back post all the information I have been storing. First up is San Pu Kai's 2018 Show at the Carlsbad Flower Field. I again had the luxury of having free time to go visit during Mother's day weekend. Its a great event and has a great vibe as it is set outside with roughly 20,000 people visiting the site during the last official weekend of the flower field.
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We arrived about an hour before closing time on Saturday and we were greeted and escorted in by no other than Steve Valentine.
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Nice San Jose Rafted Style Juniper
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Japanese Flowering Quince
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Shimpaku Juniper
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Rosemary Plant
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Cork Bark Elm
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Atlas Cedar
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Ficus Clump or Forest
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Rattle Snake Head Grass Accent
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Pomegranate
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Variegated Porcelain Berry
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Variegated Ficus
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Olive
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Cork Bark Elm
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Bougainvillea
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Chinese Elm
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Olive with really cool foliage
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Close up of the foliage
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Shimpaku Juniper
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Prostrata Juniper
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Japanese Privet
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Cotonester
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Shohin Display
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Darryl and Christine Elmer
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Ken Bross
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The flower fields as the backdrop!
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Well this is only one story of many to come. If you are on Facebook like Baikoen's Page as I always post videos of these events first and before I archive them here. Until next time all.