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I collected this Elm five - six years ago And have concentrated on just keeping it alive. The middle trunk died which was a shame so i had to phoenix graft on another trunk which was fortuitously growing at the base. Ulmus procera sucker madly and will grow around dead wood but once the main trunk dies off they dont come back. If you look closely you will see that the graft has adhered beautifully. The trunks came out off my secret Hunting ground and the forest itself is 80 years old. The reason why they are so gnarly is because they have slashed them so many times but they keep coming back. The branching is now enough to make selection and wire. the deadwood alone makes this tree worth working on but it has trouble producing branches so manipulation and branch extension to fill in the gaps is necessary. Anyway i hope you enjoy this future stunner.

Some gnarly trunks there mate. Coming together wel now it has a shape. Nice work

golgotha wrote: Coming together wel now it has a shape.

Thanks Golgotha. it will take a bit of time to fill in some spaces but hey, we got time.

Very nice Bodhi
Can't beat a good hollow narly trunk of an EE for bonsai.
Can't wait to see the potted final result.

Your secret hunting ground must be a gem of a spot ...
You've got some of the best EE projects I've seen in Victoria

Hey Bodhi, Such an awesome piece of material to work with! WOW!
At my stage in bonsai, trees like this completely gob smack me! Thanks for sharing.
Lucas

Really nice! Has a lot of character and atmosphere

Bodhi, nice material. Have you thought about standing it up a bit and using the back as the front. It would then have the trunks coming towards the viewer instead of leaning away. chris

Meagi wrote:Very nice Bodhi
Can't beat a good hollow narly trunk of an EE for bonsai.
Can't wait to see the potted final result

Hi Meagi, i believe this is exceptional material and i reckon five years of attention to detail should present this tree well.

The-Calli-Kid wrote:At my stage in bonsai, trees like this completely gob smack me!

They did me too C.K but if you keep at it you will have great material like this to.

Qitianlong wrote:Really nice! Has a lot of character and atmosphere

thanks Qit.

chrisatrocky wrote:Bodhi, nice material. Have you thought about standing it up a bit and using the back as the front. It would then have the trunks coming towards the viewer instead of leaning away.

G,day C.R, i reckon this tree will change many times before it hits a Bonsai pot and i am thinking along the lines of what you presented. The tree, at the moment, is leaning away as i have buried the back deeper to try to improve rootage. Things will change.