Fisher's Elms

[VAFisher]

Next is the water elm forest I made from cuttings from the tree above. It's coming along ok.

 

[VAFisher]

American Elm.

 

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Shohin Chinese Elm in a Paul Olson pot.

 

[VAFisher]

After some consideration I decided to split up my penjing thing. It just took up more space than I thought it was worth. So I decided to develop this Chinese Elm on its own.

 

[VAFisher]

And I potted up these 3 hokkaido elms on their own too. Plan is to see which one turns out to be the best and part with the other 2. Which would you keep?

 

[VAFisher]

Lastly is my winged elm that was yanked out of my flower bed as a little seedling volunteer. Here it is in 2016.


And in 2017


I don't think I took a pic in 2018 but it remained in the basket and was allowed to grow free. Here it is today. It has a ways to go still but it's on a path to future glory. Haha.

 

[W3rk]

And I potted up these 3 hokkaido elms on their own too. Plan is to see which one turns out to be the best and part with the other 2. Which would you keep?
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Unless you are a big fan of a nice classic looking twin trunk (the left hand one) - for me personally I would take the right hand one in a heartbeat - to me it has the most interest with some nice bends and movement.

 

[VAFisher]

The American picked up a head of steam over the last month.

 

[just.wing.it]

Very nice small leaf size on that one!

 

[VAFisher]

Back into shape.

 

[VAFisher]

Here is a short progression of a winged elm I bought a couple years ago. It had a bad base and I wasn't happy with the branch structure either.


Last year I decided to ground layer it to fix the base. I let it mostly grow wild to help grow roots.



The layer was successful and I separated it this spring. I had roots mostly all around and I spread them out in the new pot and chopped the trunk to about 3 inches or so. I neglected to take pics unfortunately.

I thought I had killed it but it finally budded out all around the chop site. Here it is today growing strong. My plan is a shohin broom.

 

[VAFisher]

2nd haircut this year for my water elm and it hasn't even really started going strong yet. That usually happens in July. This thing really likes the heat and humidity.

 

[Tieball]

Nice work on all the trees. Mighty fine! I’m only at the trunk and bud stage on my American Elms.....and learning more from your posts. Keep the information flowing.

 

[Gustavo Martins]

Love your elms. They have a very natural feel

 

[VAFisher]

This winged elm is growing pretty well now. I've been battling some sort of fungus/black spot on this tree that is making the leaves turn kinda black and mushy. I sprayed it with copper 4 or 5 times about 5 days apart and just hit it with the bonide granules. I think it may be gone.

 

[VAFisher]

Update on my cutting grown water elm forest. This species absolutely loves July and August here in VA. It explodes during the heat of the summer. The trees are all 3 years old. I took the cuttings in 2016 and planted them together in July 2017. They've come a good ways in 2 years, but still a long ways to go. I was digging around the bases of the trees and some surface roots are starting to develop, so in time, I can reduce the soil mound. I'll give this a full wiring this winter.

 

[Hartinez]

And I potted up these 3 hokkaido elms on their own too. Plan is to see which one turns out to be the best and part with the other 2. Which would you keep?
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I like the one on the far right. Short lengths between branching and good movement in each branch. Looks very “tree like”

 

[VAFisher]

Just some late summer updates on my elms. The water elm is chugging along.

 

[VAFisher]

The American Elm is having a good year too. I like this pot but it's too deep for the tree in my opinion. One of these days I'll find the right pot for this tree I guess.

 

[VAFisher]

Picked up a cedar elm from Zach a couple months ago. I have some plans for this one next spring regarding a pot and a slightly different planting angle. This one has more wings than my winged elm...