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Chinese Elm Ramification X 2
Posted: April 19th, 2016, 5:48 pm
by Watto
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.
Re: Chinese Elm Ramification X 2
Posted: April 19th, 2016, 6:52 pm
by Theodore
Wow. Lovely trees! Mine are still growing Watto.
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Re: Chinese Elm Ramification X 2
Posted: April 19th, 2016, 6:57 pm
by matlea
Yep Nice trees... How tall are they?
Re: Chinese Elm Ramification X 2
Posted: April 19th, 2016, 7:24 pm
by Sammy D
Very nice. Great twiggyness
Re: Chinese Elm Ramification X 2
Posted: April 19th, 2016, 7:36 pm
by Naimul
Wow, that is incredible. Im still struggling placing the main branches on mine, but its great to see examples of what to aspire to.
Re: Chinese Elm Ramification X 2
Posted: April 19th, 2016, 7:39 pm
by Steve B
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?
Re: Chinese Elm Ramification X 2
Posted: April 19th, 2016, 8:43 pm
by anthonyW
Beautiful trees Watto
cheers Anthony
Re: Chinese Elm Ramification X 2
Posted: April 19th, 2016, 8:47 pm
by bodhidharma
Love the twin trunk Watto. It must be fun getting inside those suckers and pruning.Clip and grow i'll bet. Good stuff.
Re: Chinese Elm Ramification X 2
Posted: April 19th, 2016, 8:49 pm
by Black Knight
Hi Watto,
Well done they are great trees. I just luv the twin trunk.
Regards,
Black Knight
Re: Chinese Elm Ramification X 2
Posted: April 20th, 2016, 6:26 am
by Watto
Thanks guys, I promise I will get out and measure them after work today.
Re: Chinese Elm Ramification X 2
Posted: April 20th, 2016, 9:45 am
by Ray M
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
Re: Chinese Elm Ramification X 2
Posted: April 20th, 2016, 5:26 pm
by Watto
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.