chinese elm

Hello everyone, I’m new to this site, but thought I’d post for some advice. I have had this Chinese (Lacebark) Elm for over 25 years. It likely attained its initial shape through hack back before I owned it which left large scares all over the trunk. Over the years, the scars have decayed, but...

Hello all, I am brand new to maintaining and keeping bonsai. That said, for my birthday, I have received a Chinese Elm. I live in an apartment, and the relative that has gifted me this bonsai does not realize that it’s best to keep bonsai outside. With that in mind, I have several questions...

Hello everyone! I understand that it's probably not an ideal time of the year to collect, but this Chinese elm was going to be destroyed in a community garden renovation if I didn't pick it up. During the potting process, it went through a pretty significant root reduction. After two days now...

Total newbie, educating myself online. This Chinese elm came from a local nursery, where I had to chop the four trunks to get the tree in my car. I reduced the root mass to fit in this Anderson box in January. I have not done much else, and from general online sources I suspect I shouldn’t...

Here is my Chinese Elm I grew from a seed. I had a thread based on a possible fungal issue I had, but I wanted a complete thread for the whole life of this tree. May 2021 June 2021 Intermission: Had some problems with a fungus or something, but got past it with the help of my fellow...

I'm relatively new to bonsai (about 1 year), and am left puzzled by the range of advice on whether and how long to stratify Chinese elm seeds. I was recently sent a free packet of Chinese elm seeds with a pot I ordered from a local bonsai supply company (only place I could find an appropriate...

I have been growing bonsai for about five years now and feel comfortable with many different designs in a variety of trees. That being said, I recently got this Chinese Elm and I am not sure if the root situation will allow me to grow proper nebari in the future. This is my 5th CH Elm and until...

Hello I’m new to bonsai. 3 days ago I received a Chinese elm tree and I was a little disappointed because the leaves were very thin through out the tree and there is constant yellowing on the leaves, any advice on how to make this bonsai flourish? I put the Chinese elm by the window which only...

Hello everyone, this is my first proper attempt at bonsai. I bought this Chinese elm as a bonsai starter and immediately planted in the ground with the intention to thicken the trunk. I am interested to know your thoughts as to the direction I should go with the tree. I am also concerned...

Hello all, I’ve been trying to track down a variegated Chinese elm, either MrMaple’s “Mottled Molly” or “Frosty”. Does anyone know when they might restock the MrMaple one or where else to look? Also, and this is just to help me expand my little personal nursery database so it doesn’t have to...

Hello! I am completely new to the Bonsai world and got my first tree, one month ago. It is a Chinese Elm. It was doing great during last month with good and fast growth but it is a few days and I am seeing many yellowing leaves. The tree is kept indoor on a window shelf, receives sunlight from...

Hi, I'm having trouble with my elm. It has dropped all its leaves in recent weeks, normally it does this and bounces back really quickly.# There are some small buds and ive done a scratch test and its green. Please see attached photos. Is it dead?

I recently received this Chinese Elm via an online auction. I’m well aware of the preparations and patience it takes for a while to allow this tree to get back into a proper growth. However, if you were gifted this tree, what steps would you take and/or what experimentation would you take...

I made some large cuts on my chinese elm on January 4th and sealed them with cut paste, but the next day sap already began oozing through. Its now been two weeks and sap has not stopped oozing out of multiple cuts. Im guessing this tree was never fully dormant, and it was a mistake to make...

I took this branch-tip cutting from a Chinese elm on a university campus in late May 2023. It rooted, but didn't start pushing new growth till around the first of October, when, after an almost continuously cloudy late summer, we had a string of bright sunny days and temperatures above 80 F...

I’m new to bonsai’s but I started last year with sprouting Chinese Elm. It’s a wonderful tree, and loves the kitchen atrium where it faces south. I repotted in the Spring, and did a little bit of pruning because it outgrew the pot. But then I read afterwards that I should not have repotted or...

Hey this summer my chinese elm has had very limited growth. The growth that it has had is very brittle and often develops yellow/transparent spots and eventually falls off. Last year i had light green long shoots growing basically on a day to day basis, but this year the new shoots rarely make...

Hey all, I received a few new elms in the mail and I was unsure what the suggested care for them immediately after receiving them was. I read that fertilizing should be kept off for a few weeks but couldn't really find any solid information about whether or not to protect them from the wind or...

Hi About a week or two ago I posted a thread regarding what I thought at the time was a form of fungal infection or pest on my Chinese elm, and a few kind people replied, with the majority of them deeming it to be a nutrient deficiency (mainly N). Initially this seemed like a reasonable...

Hello, just today when I went to look on my Chinese elm I noticed that the surface of the new leaves had become spotty. The tree has just started shooting quite aggressively about 1/2 weeks ago, as I had failed to care for it properly throughout the winter. Could anyone tell me what is going on...

Hello I have been wondering about this weirdly long and vertical branch at the end of one of the lower pads on my Chinese elm, but since its been there since way before I bought the tree I hadn't cut it, since I thought there must be a reason for it being there. Should I just cut this branch...

Hey everyone! Hopefully this is an appropriate thread to post my questions in. So I have two common beginner trees, Ficus Benjamina (Midnight, from what the person I bought it from told me) and a Chinese Elm. I am curious on people's thought of the current soil in each of them and on pruning...

Hey, I have these two trees, a Chinese Elm and a Japanese maple, and I noticed that both have this spiral bend of the trunk, however a lot of the trees I see online do not have this bend. Is it a custom to create these shapes, or am I justified in finding it slightly tacky and unnatural?

I have had a Chinese elm for about a year and a half now. It has generally been very happy and healthy out on my front porch. But lately I have been having some unusual leaf drop. It is still producing new growth but every day at least a half dozen old leaves turn yellow, brittle, and drop...

I’m new to bonsai (first year). I ordered a couple of Chinese elm pre-bonsai from Brussel’s awhile back. I could feel something hard in the middle of the planter, but figured it was some growing medium or planter feature. Awhile back, I pulled out one of them, and the trunk basically went into...