The Bonsai Society of San Francisco’s recent exhibit featured a display of mame (“bean” sized) and other small bonsai. In it were some of the best tiny trees I’ve seen.

Mame and shohin bonsai

Japanese maple, Japanese boxthorn, coast live oak, bougainvillea, trident maple,

fuji cherry, Japanese ivy

Not only are the trees small, but the trunks are incredibly thin.

Japanese maple

Trident maple

Japanese boxthorn

I can’t imagine trying to water these in summer, and I have no idea where one would shop for such tiny pots.

Bougainvillea

Coast live oak

The exhibit also featured a number of fun accent plantings, including the following.

Accent

Accent

Accent

Accent