AusBonsai

Just today picked up this English Elm from Skippy -
Thanks again for the tree, and for the tour of your other Bonsai.

Thought i'd start a progression series to track its progress.

Elm was picked up today, planter box made, repotted, and settled into new home, not a bad days work.

Heres some pics. (is too heavy to move on my own so just pics of current front)
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gday mate

this is a nice stump, its a lot bigger than i first thought!! its got all the makings for a great tree in not to long

look forward to the development in the future.

jamie

Thanks Jamie

I'm really excited about this Elm, and its posibilities.

Does anyone know how/if English elms should be treated and cared for differently to their Chinese Elm cousins??


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gday mate,

no real difference in care, its an elm, they are pretty tough, english elms have been known to actually get dead sections in there trunks but can also re heal the area. Bodhi knows more about it, but it happened to one of mine a while back too.

jamie

My English elms are a lot sookier than the chinese elms. The English are first to wilt, first to drop leaves when they get a bit dry, grow slower, go yellow sooner, etc, etc. For me, here, Chinese elms are streets ahead.

tex048 wrote:Thanks Jamie

I'm really excited about this Elm, and its posibilities.

Does anyone know how/if English elms should be treated and cared for differently to their Chinese Elm cousins??


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Hi Sean, I had a couple of english elms, one is a dwarf variety. They start off in spring with its lovely foliage but then in summer the leaves on English elms burn easily and you get these ugly dry frills on the edge of its leaves. I dont think theyre as vigorous as Chinese elms though, not where the humidity can be high. But that elm you got looks darn good great material to me. Leong has a beautiful "socalled English elm", but I think its something else like a siberian elm, its got a beautiful hollow part. Congratulations on the nice pick up!

@ Edward

Thanks mate for the heads up particuarly on the leaf scorch in summer ill have to keep an eye on that and where it eventually gets placed. Do you think in our area it would need top be placed under shade cloth or similar to get out of direct light, or is it more to do with the dry air and high temperature?
Looking forward to seeing you next week

Cheers



@ Shibui

Thankyou for the info on your english elms, i'll keep an eye on this one and let you know if i see any differences with the chinese elms i have. As far as your observation on growth have you noticed any differences between the chinese and english elms in regrowth after prunning? particuarly in back budding?

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Hi Sean, it could be a combination of things, plus we get the strong winds as well. You'll pobably notice the winds in september, october or november. I cant remember which month, but the winds come through our area and its such a pain.

I couldn't say I've noticed any difference in budding back but English elm here is prone to losing the occasional branch.
Shade and protection do not seem to help the English elms here. I was tempted to try putting them out in the full sun to see if that is better but haven't been game yet.