American Elm (Ulmus Americana 'floridana')

[Jay Wilson]

This is an American elm, florida variety.

It's been trimmed and defoliated once this year already but as you can see in the first pic, it's a fast grower. It's a fairly small tree, so I managed to work on it for a while this evening.

Second picture is after trimming off the rank growth and leaf removal.
Third pic is the base at the front.
Fourth one is after a little more trimming .

 

[Smoke]

That thing is ready for a good pot.

How small?

I like this tree alot.

 

[milehigh_7]

Real nice Jay!

 

[Jay Wilson]

That thing is ready for a good pot.

How small?

I like this tree alot.

Thank you Al, I value your opinion.

You ought to know by now, that I don't do pots.... Bonsai is a very enjoyable hobby for me but not one I'm able to spend much money on so it's boxes my trees get

Thank you also Clyde!

The tree stands 12" from the soil. The trunk is 2" just above the nebari.

Edit: I should say I choose not to spend much money on bonsai. Pots are low on the list 'cause my trees will, in all likely hood, never be seen except on the net and I just like to share the trees.

 

[edprocoat]

Very nice! Thats a great nebari and trunk as well as the branch definiton, all in all a beautiful tree. Come on man, get a pot!

ed

 

[Jay Wilson]

Thank you Ed. This little one really still needs a couple of more years work on the branching, so maybe a pot then. Meanwhile I promise a nice new box this spring

 

[pjkatich]

You have done a great job with this elm Jay.

Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,
Paul

 

[Jay Wilson]

Hey Paul, good to see you!
Thank you for the kind words and you are very welcome.

 

[Smoke]

I'll give ya twenty bucks for that box when your done

If I could get half the stuff growing on that box transplanted to the soil of a bonsai I would be in heaven.

 

[Jay Wilson]

Hey Al, I hear ya.
I used to try to get moss to grow but had a hard time keeping it alive. Back in 2005 I was in Georgia in the summer and in the parking lot of a place, in the full all day sun, on the hot asphalt, I found some moss growing. Took some home and it grew fine and seemed to hybridize with my native moss and now I have moss that grows in the sun and heat and dryness as well under the moist conditions of the semi-rotted wood of my trees boxes. All in all a good thing.

Pm an address and I'll send some of it to you. (if it won't run afoul of Cali's plant importation rules)

 

[Tieball]

I hope my Michigan American Elm trees fatten up like this. I should have 2 1/2 to 3" trunks in summer of next year. I'm not sure what variety my trees are...Backyard?

 

[Tieball]

Summer Olympics are the best...a couple more days to the start.

 

[Ron Dennis]

This is an American elm, florida variety.

It's been trimmed and defoliated once this year already but as you can see in the first pic, it's a fast grower. It's a fairly small tree, so I managed to work on it for a while this evening.

Second picture is after trimming off the rank growth and leaf removal.
Third pic is the base at the front.
Fourth one is after a little more trimming .

Had not read this tread prior to today--WOW, a really beautiful tree. I like everything about it and I hardly noticed the box because the tree is so good.

A little more about this one please. Did you collect this, how long have you had it, etc. . . .

 

[Jay Wilson]

Tieball, I'm sure yours will fatten up... We want pics when they do

Ron, Thanks for the compliment and for ignoring the box.

I'd have to look back to try to find exact timing, but I collected this elm in my woods in about 2003. I gave it a trunk chop a few years back and been kind of working at it for the last three or four years to get it to where it is now. I agree it's a nice looking tree but it needs a good bit more work. The pics I posted hid most of its flaws