Seeking variegated Chinese Elm

[Bonsai Nut]

Check Forest Farm for the variegated elms and Acer campestre
https://www.forestfarm.com/

I've been in touch with them pretty consistently because they can sometimes get material from wholesale nurseries for me (if I ask nicely). They don't have any variegated U. parvifolia at the moment, and can't locate a source.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Do you want like a mother tree or you want a cutting? I can make a cutting if that's all you want. The one I'm thinking about posting is 50/50 bonsai.

Thank you! The bigger the better, obviously. Maybe the best course is for you to auction the tree, and I'll try to buy it. If I lose the auction, you can strike a cutting as it goes out the door

 

[Kodama16]

For the people asking I put it on bonsai auction today.

 

[Nomiyama]

I'll see what I can find and share the results. They certainly do seem hard to come by.

 

[Vin]

This is currently running on "Bonsai Auctions" on Facebook:
John is also a member here.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

This is currently running on "Bonsai Auctions" on Facebook:
John is also a member here.

John is Kodama16

 

[rodeolthr]

Gossler Farms carries Acer 'Carnival'. One wholesale nursery out of Salem, Oregon used to carry Frosty and Lois Hole. Their name is Youngblood. They may be able to supply you with the name of a retailer who has ordered one/both of them.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Gossler Farms carries Acer 'Carnival'. One wholesale nursery out of Salem, Oregon used to carry Frosty and Lois Hole. Their name is Youngblood. They may be able to supply you with the name of a retailer who has ordered one/both of them.

You guys are helping so much... I wish I had more positive feedback.

I contacted Youngblood back in April, and they said yes, they had 'Lois Hole' but they would not sell retail. So I spoke to Jen at Forestfarm, because they often carry Youngblood trees. Jen didn't get up there this year until July, and there was some 'problem' with the elms that I never got the inside scoop on - just that she didn't pick any up. Here's what Youngblood said:

As for the Ulmus we have a batch but they are having some problems of their own, you can make the call weather or not you want to try some when you get here.

I continue to pursue leads, and I'm sure I will find some out there somewhere.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Contact Glen Lord, curator of The Arnold Arboretum' Larz Anderson Collection. I believe he has variegated Chinese Elm.

Glen has a couple of different variegated elms... now I just have to find something worthy of trading

 

[M. Frary]

Lois Hole

That's the one I want!

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Back to the drawing board. Someone REALLY wanted an elm bonsai... They paid $360 for this tree and outbid me Too rich for my blood

 

[Vin]

I thought for sure you had it.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

I thought for sure you had it.

It's a strange thing... the buyer doesn't appear to have any bonsai interest or experience. Maybe it is a gift? Why this tree? I guess I'll never know...

 

[M. Frary]

$360

$360.00 for that?
What's it growing in? Gold?

 

[Bonsai Nut]

I hand it to John - I didn't think it would sell at $300. But he got $360 from someone who obviously fell in love with that particular tree.

I just want a cutting, LOL!

 

[Kodama16]

I got ha cover on that cutting just give them a few more weeks.

 

[M. Frary]

I got ha cover on that cutting just give them a few more weeks.

Congrats on the sale. I wasn't trying to run the tree down but man!

 

[JoeR]

I too just want a cutting! To grow out and take more cuttings from!

 

[Kodama16]

Hey joe what you do with you elms in winter? Green house?

 

[Bonsai Nut]

I used to overwinter my elms in Chicago in an unheated garage. I would wait until the leaves dropped and then move them onto shelves in the garage. Just had to be sure the soil never dried out - so I would put snowballs on them and when the snow was gone it was time for more snowballs