Chinese Elm Ramification X 2

Watto · Post by **Watto** » April 19th, 2016, 5:48 pm

It has been an unusual year here and Autumn has not brought the great colour that you expect with dry weather and clear warm days, however there is a silver lining to every "problem", and that is the leaves of the Chinese elms at my place have turned yellow and fallen before I had a chance to take a photo. Also its an early leaf shed, but like I said there is a benefit and that is the ramification is viewable for longer.

Theodore · Post by **Theodore** » April 19th, 2016, 6:52 pm

Wow. Lovely trees! Mine are still growing Watto.

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matlea · Post by **matlea** » April 19th, 2016, 6:57 pm

Yep Nice trees... How tall are they?

Sammy D · Post by **Sammy D** » April 19th, 2016, 7:24 pm

Very nice. Great twiggyness

Naimul · Post by **Naimul** » April 19th, 2016, 7:36 pm

Wow, that is incredible. Im still struggling placing the main branches on mine, but its great to see examples of what to aspire to.

Steve B · Post by **Steve B** » April 19th, 2016, 7:39 pm

Go the twig!! Seriously nice trees Watto - no problem appreciating them in their nudity for an extended period

Along with height info, how long would you have been working on the ramification?

anthonyW · Post by **anthonyW** » April 19th, 2016, 8:43 pm

Beautiful trees Watto

cheers Anthony

bodhidharma · Post by **bodhidharma** » April 19th, 2016, 8:47 pm

Love the twin trunk Watto. It must be fun getting inside those suckers and pruning.Clip and grow i'll bet. Good stuff.

Black Knight · Post by **Black Knight** » April 19th, 2016, 8:49 pm

Hi Watto,

Well done they are great trees. I just luv the twin trunk.

Regards,
Black Knight

Watto · Post by **Watto** » April 20th, 2016, 6:26 am

Thanks guys, I promise I will get out and measure them after work today.

Ray M · Post by **Ray M** » April 20th, 2016, 9:45 am

HI Watto,
Great job mate. You have put a lot of work into the ramification and it has certainly payed off.

My Elm's here in Sydney are still showing some new growth. This is a good illustration of "Where do my trees grow?" Where do my trees grow? We live a few hundred kilometers from each other and there are two completely different growing environments.

Regards Ray

Watto · Post by **Watto** » April 20th, 2016, 5:26 pm

Both these still have a few green leaves, and other Chinese elms in my yard are in full leaf. Like Ray said it does depend on location but I think also on the individual micro climates in each yard.
The twin trunk is a bit unusual in that it is not the classical parent/child style but I have resisted shortening one of the trunks - just because. This is about 50 cm tall and has been grown in the clip and grow method for quite a few years.
The broom should be a shohin but currently stands about 28 cm tall so a trim is needed if I want to maintain it as a shohin. Maybe next spring I will take the shears to it.

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