Hi,
Found this today at work. Leaves look like my seiju elm but just a lot larger. Is it possible it's an elm of some variety waiting for me to dig it up and love it, or is it just a weed disguised as an elm?
Love your thoughts,
DustyRusty
[ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
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Re: [ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
Way too big for a seiju elm - I reckon it's a Chinese Elm 
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Re: [ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
Gota be Chinese Elm great for bonsai 
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Re: [ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
One of the fabulous things about growing bonsai is as you get old and decrepit your trees get old and beautiful
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Re: [ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
wow thanks. just really didn't expect this tree to self-sow in Sydney. I knew there were Privets, Hawthorns, Wisteria and things around, but never heard of wild Elms here. Lucky me 
Thanks for the thoughts.
DR
Thanks for the thoughts. DR
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Re: [ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
They are like weeds around here!
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Re: [ID] A self-sown Elm or weed (Sydney)?
Ulmus parvifolia are weeds in Sydney too, don't worry about that!
This whole 'self-sown' or 'self-seeding' thing has really slipped by me...I was always certain that plants were reproducing via seed dispersal before anthropological intervention.
This whole 'self-sown' or 'self-seeding' thing has really slipped by me...I was always certain that plants were reproducing via seed dispersal before anthropological intervention.
