Corkbark Chinese Elm

[plantmanky]

Repotting season has finally arrived for me!!!!!! This was dug out of the field March 2010 and left to grow for the summer. I just repotted it, reduced the roots and put it into a shallower container last week It's now ready for some styling work. Any suggestions would be gladly accepted.

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[lewisjk]

Wow! That's quite a second branch. Please post again when it has leafed out. That may promote some suggestions.

[plantmanky]

Wow! That's quite a second branch. Please post again when it has leafed out. That may promote some suggestions.

Here you go Jim!!!! I'm actually treating that second branch as a secondary leader with it's own canopy to fill in the back of the tree. While it's not perfect, it works for me, particularly when it's in leaf. I'm always open to suggestions and have had some to remove it but I'm very slow at making any decisions that have a radical impact. I have another one, much better in form that I'm working on (picture 2) that is getting close to being finished once the right hand side of the tree fills in a bit more. I managed to get a container for it at the Bonsai in the Bluegrass symposium so it may just go into a nice pot next spring.

Randy

[lewisjk]

Very nice (both). That very fat branch on the first does bother me in the winter pic, but not so much when in leaf.

[shipsquartersfarm]

Hey Randy--

Two handsome trees! How have they since progressed? Also, for how long did you have them grounded? Were they thin seedlings when first planted? Were they in full sun?

Thanks for your anticipated reply, and for the original post.

[plantmanky]

Hey Randy--

Two handsome trees! How have they since progressed? Also, for how long did you have them grounded? Were they thin seedlings when first planted? Were they in full sun?

Thanks for your anticipated reply, and for the original post.

John,

Thanks for your kind comments! The first tree (double trunk) I no longer have, it was sold at last years Nashville Regional show. The second tree has developed slowly since I put it into a bonsai container. I plan on putting it back into a growing container for the next 2 or 3 years to further develop and refine the canopy.

the tree was field grown in full sun and full winter exposure. It was planted as 1 gallon stick trees in 2001, allowed to grow freely (no top or root pruning) until 2006 when it was top worked from 15 feet down to 12 inches with a chainsaw and allowd to grow out untill it was removed from the ground in 2010. The picture below was taken last year.

[jpaulhamus]

Beautiful tree and very cool to hear how it was grown!