Chinese Elm Bonsai Styles
Chinese elm however is suitable for training into every style of bonsai and for growing in all sizes.
Chinese elm bonsai styles. In taiwan and china the plant has been cultivated for hundreds of years and is considered a very undemanding tree because it tolerates such problems as. Bonsai are susceptible to the same pests and diseases as common house plants. Informal upright bonsai style moyogi the informal upright style is common in both nature and in the art of bonsai. Many bonsai growers like to expose the long roots as seen in this tree to create the neagari style.
The trunk is straight and upright and does not continue to the top of the tree. Here you can get a bulk of chinese images. Broom style hokidachi the broom style is suitable for deciduous trees with large numbers of fine and delicate branching. It branches out in all directions at about 1 3 the height of the tree.
Elm bonsai photos pictures. Continuing the evolution of my big chinese elm bonsai. Chinese elm new leaves 2 hours ago 61029 i received a chinese elm for father s day and was very pleased with it. The trunk grows upright roughly in the shape of a letter s and at every turn branching occurs.
To care for it properly keep the tree warm and the soil moist. In the beginning it had many more legs in a short time we learned how drastically you can prune a chinese elm bonsai. This tree was selected from a batch of early imports in the 1980s. In warm climates such as california the tree does not drop its leaves and is evergreen.
Selecting and pruning the primary branches in this second pass at building the branch structure. The leaves are especially small. This is the first bonsai i have owned although i have always admired them. They do not grow with straight trunks in nature and while it is possible to train a chinese elm with a straight trunk such a trunk would have no taper.
Tapering of the trunk must be clearly visible with the base of the trunk thicker than the higher portion. The chinese elm is beautifully suited to the classical umbrella shape but can be shaped in most other styles with proper pruning alone. The chinese elm ulmus parvifolia also known as the lacebark elm is among most readily available and most forgiving bonsai trees to work with making it a great choice for beginners. While they are young they can easily be wired into curved shapes and are suited to many bonsai styles.
Prune train and repot the bonsai only as needed.