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This is a Ulmus parvifolia 'murrays form' I got from work about 5 years ago, at first I wasn't Gona bother trying to turn this into a bonsai as murrays form is the large leaf form, also it had an odd shape so I had no idea what to do with it , long story short it's been at my mums since then and I have decided to bring it home and try it out again , reckon it has potential?? And any ideas are very welcome , it's also quite tall at around 1 meter or so

Are you sure of the ID ? It looks more like celtis to me

Bougy Fan wrote:Are you sure of the ID ? It looks more like celtis to me

100% sure I sourced and grew this tree myself , 8 years experience growing advanced trees , this came from a batch of about 300

Never heard of it before - it was worth getting out of bed today. Good luck with it

Bougy Fan wrote:Never heard of it before - it was worth getting out of bed today. Good luck with it

Basically a evenly branched form of elm that is used for street trees mainly just because of the even form unlike straight Ulmus parvifolia

Perhaps a large trunk bender to give the lower trunk a bit more movement?