MIRAI YATSUBUSA ELM

[JudyB]

Segio, You are doing an excellent job training your Yatsubusa Chinese Elm bonsai!

Thought I’d show you my Yatsubusa Chinese Elm, which is the mother stock plant of thousands of new specimens. The plant is one of my cuttings and the B&W photo was taken when I planted the tree next to the garage (18’ tall) around 1990. So this the size one can expect from a tree only about 35 years old, planted in a garden. And, don't forget I live in the frigid north Upstate New York. Just think what the size it would attain in warmer area....

Note the tall height and heavy trunk with rough corking bark. Periodically I remove branches 8-10 feet in length which shade the bonsai below.

Many years ago I had a Golden Japanese Back Pine garden tree planted to the right of the Yatsubusa Chinese Elm. I gave it to a friend for his garden and when dug the tree he accidentally cut off one of the surface roots from the elm. Well, it became an ideal root cutting and trained it to a cascade bonsai. It is on my right in a square dark blue Chinese cascade pot.

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Almost seems odd to see a full size one! Very cool.

 

[MACH5]

Segio, You are doing an excellent job training your Yatsubusa Chinese Elm bonsai!

Thought I’d show you my Yatsubusa Chinese Elm, which is the mother stock plant of thousands of new specimens. The plant is one of my cuttings and the B&W photo was taken when I planted the tree next to the garage (18’ tall) around 1990. So this the size one can expect from a tree only about 35 years old, planted in a garden. And, don't forget I live in the frigid north Upstate New York. Just think what the size it would attain in warmer area....

Note the tall height and heavy trunk with rough corking bark. Periodically I remove branches 8-10 feet in length which shade the bonsai below.

Many years ago I had a Golden Japanese Back Pine garden tree planted to the right of the Yatsubusa Chinese Elm. I gave it to a friend for his garden and when dug the tree he accidentally cut off one of the surface roots from the elm. Well, it became an ideal root cutting and trained it to a cascade bonsai. It is on my right in a square dark blue Chinese cascade pot.

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Thank you Bill! I had admired this elm among the many other trees in your landscape when I was there taking your master class a few years back. I remember at the time asking Alan what it was. This tree and your many elm bonsai definitely inspired me to get this one from Ryan. Thank you for the inspiration always!

 

[MACH5]

Leaves finally turned and one of the very last trees to do so in my garden. Looking forward to do further improvements and refinements next spring.

 

[MrWunderful]

Hopefully you will let us see the winter form.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

That is nothing short of Fantastic!

 

[cmeg1]

awesome!!

 

[ConorDash]

Those leaves are so damn tiny!!!
maybe the size of the tree makes them look that way but by proportions this tree looks huge.. bark so old.. it’s exactly what we aim for with Bonsai, no?
This suits a black background so extremely well too.

 

[Tidal Bonsai]

Leaves finally turned and one of the very last trees to do so in my garden. Looking forward to do further improvements and refinements next spring.







Incredible!!!

My Beautyberry was the first to turn this year, and my trident was the last.

 

[MACH5]

Hopefully you will let us see the winter form.

Yes will update again when leaves fall.

 

[MACH5]

Those leaves are so damn tiny!!!
maybe the size of the tree makes them look that way but by proportions this tree looks huge.. bark so old.. it’s exactly what we aim for with Bonsai, no?
This suits a black background so extremely well too.

The small leaves definitely add a great sense of scale. But the tree itself is quite big at around 42" (106 cm) tall from soil level. What originally attracted me to this tree was that it looked like a tree I had seen in nature specially old oaks. The bark is quite incredible!

 

[MACH5]

Yes same here. Piglet still has some green leaves on!

 

[Toraidento]

Another beautiful tree. Keep the updates coming, love to see your trees.

 

[Gary McCarthy]

That's a REALLY SWEET pot!!! Who's the artist that made it?

 

[Djtommy]

Super tree, absolutely stunning in those pictures. Probably even more so in real

 

[LanceMac10]

That's a REALLY SWEET pot!!! Who's the artist that made it?

Clearly stated in the original post.....

 

[MACH5]

That's a REALLY SWEET pot!!! Who's the artist that made it?

It was stated but no worries. It's a Byron Myrick.

 

[MACH5]

Super tree, absolutely stunning in those pictures. Probably even more so in real

@Djtommy Thanks! Yes it is way better in person. Photos barely capture its hugely dimensional quality and physical presence no matter how I try to photograph it. It is a true beast of a tree!

 

[MACH5]

Just starting to bud. The tiny green buds make a beautiful contrast against the extremely rough bark. Just recently cleaned and wired where necessary to redirect or reset some of the branches. Some of the thicker gage wires that were applied last year will remain until they start to bite in. Skipping repotting this year as water still drains freely. Most likely it will need it next year. The tree is developing quite nicely and a thread graft that was completed last year at the back is also doing well. Hoping this to be my entry for the Nationals in 2022 or 2024.

 

[Gary McCarthy]

That's A LOT of buds!!!

NICE

 

[cmeg1]

Man,that’s an elm....I see at least 9 trees there.....air-layer it!




jk
this Bonsai is the bomb.You do not see too many prime examples as this yatsubusa....just wow dude......totally grand daddy oak style or gnarly old tree of some species.I see many granddaddy trees like this in nature of many species really.