elm tree

Any suggestions on how I should approach styling this tree? I trimmed it back some and wired some branches, but I feel like this winter I want to make some big trunk chops to get more movement. Thoughts?

Hello, can anyone help me ID what type of elm this is? It was collected southeast of Austin, TX. Cedar Elm?

Last year I ordered 2 crape myrtles from Arbor Day. Then they kept sending me emails that they were delayed in getting the crape myrtles because of the lockdown. I wasn't worried about it. With everything going on in the world at the time, 2 crepe myrtle-rooted cuttings just weren't near the top...

Hello BonsaiNut! I have been learning about Bonsai over the last year and finally purchased my first real tree from my local nursery! It's a "Dutch Elm" and I believe it was a good choice as a first tree. I am happy to have joined BonsaiNut and have been enjoying very much reading through the...

Hello again everyone, Zone 8a. So I bought a elm tree .Think it's a cedar elm but I'm not sure. It was about 14-15 feet tall with intact rootball . Seems like it was never in ground, just in a huge nursery container. I chopped it at about1.5 -2 feet from where the trunk meets the root. That...

I recently acquired this really nice and very old hokkaido elm. I won it during an auction at my local bonsai society club meeting. I cleaned it out a bit to gain some semblance of shape and to remove some structural issues. I understand how brittle these can be so I anticipate it will...

I recently purchased an elm bonsai. It came in a plastic pot with what seems to be regular soil. Should I replace the soil or wait till spring? An image of the soil is attached

Its budding well after its fall out of its pot, Here is a better image of it with a proper camera. Next plan is to plan what needs to go next spring :-)