Elms wonderful Elms...Ulmus Procera

[bodhidharma]

I would like to share my favourite trees with you. Most of these are collected and, as you can see they are all in development stage. They are now out of their grow box's and into Bonsai pots and I am now starting to develop branches. They will be stunners in another 5-10 years I have lots more in grow box's. They would have to be one of the most forgiving trees i have ever worked on and develop some of the most stunning trunks in the Bonsai world.

[Jamie]

i think your looking for wilson, tims neighbour

and lovely trunks bodhi, they will be good in a few years, i especially like the one in the second pic its like a twin raft

[bodhidharma]

i think your looking for wilson, tims neighbour

and lovely trunks bodhi, they will be good in a few years, i especially like the one in the second pic its like a twin raft

WILSON!!! Thats the Dude, Thanks Jamie that was driving me Bananas. I am developing the second one as Mother and child

[Jamie]

cool mate i thought that might be the go. and no worries bout wilson

i have an english elm that i am layering the top off at the moment, it has a two inch trunk on it a little bigger down low, in your experience how long do you generally leave these for mate? i was thinking bout 6-8 weeks but might leave it an extra week or so depending on how it feels
it has popped new shoots above and below the layer though going quite strong actually

jamie

[bodhidharma]

cool mate i thought that might be the go. and no worries bout wilson

i have an english elm that i am layering the top off at the moment, it has a two inch trunk on it a little bigger down low, in your experience how long do you generally leave these for mate? i was thinking bout 6-8 weeks but might leave it an extra week or so depending on how it feels
it has popped new shoots above and below the layer though going quite strong actually

jamie

They are an easy layer and i usually leave them for 8 weeks. they take a while to harden of though. I have one i layered 2 years ago and it is still not showing any signs of Gnarliness. Do Elms thrive in Hervey Bay? My friend on the sunshine coast cannot as they get exhausted and dont do well. I recently found out my best friends Parents live in your town. Small world.

[Ron]

bodhidharma,

Are you able to tell from this pic if it's an English elm or a Scots (or Wych) elm (Ulmus glabra) please? (I labelled the image Englishelm but I don't know if that's right.)

[Jamie]

it looks like english elm to me ron

yea i have been able to keep elms fine here, i am pretty sure shannon has some that are going well. and Rod has some absolute ripper trees, show winners up in bundy which is a bit hotter then here i beleive.
i have kept chinese, english and corkbark with success, i know the nursery down the road has hokkaiddo or seiju or both and they seem to go really well to


jamie

[roka]

IT looks english to me i have one but not as good as that.

[bodhidharma]

bodhidharma,

Are you able to tell from this pic if it's an English elm or a Scots (or Wych) elm (Ulmus glabra) please? (I labelled the image Englishelm but I don't know if that's right.)

Looks like an English to me Ron

[Ron]

Thanks, everybody.

When I bought it in January, it was advertised as a 15yo English elm. However, when it arrived it had Ulmus glabra on its label. It certainly looked like English elm from what I could find on the 'Net.

[Watto]

Budhi, thanks very much for posting the pics of these Elms - there are very impressive. Where I come from we also have the opportunity to dig English Elms (or maybe there are Siberian Elms?) and they certainly make great bonsai. If I get a chance over the next couple of days I will post a couple of pics of the trees that we dig and you might be able to let me know if they are English or Siberian.
Cheers - Watto

[alpineart]

Nice trunks there Bodhi i like the last 2 , now you suppose to be hiding in all the pics.Cheers

[Watto]

I don't want to hijack your post Bodhi, but as I said before I too am a fan of the Elms, and our local bonsai society may get an opportunity to dig a few this coming August.
But here is one dug a few years ago and I originally thought it was an English Elm, but some knowledge folk think it might be a Siberian Elm. The structure is very similar, but the leaf size is only about half that of "normal" English Elms growing in this area.

[Watto]

I should have said it is about 40cm high by about the same wide.

[aussiedamo]

i to love this species! although mine is a little crook i think at the moment.......

it went a bit variegated and then we went on a week holiday and its a little worse.
will get some pics up asoon as i find camera.
hopefully you can help bodhi???