You showed me yours, I'll show you mine!

Yes, I suppose the top is more feminine than the base. I still see it as a very masculine tree though......In touch with its feminine side perhaps.

Hey Will I agree and I'm sure it looks more apparent in real life........thats funny as that's what I thought but.... wasn't sure you'd take it that way As I heard it mentioned the other day its metro sexual .

I was thinking maybe an old woman whose skin shows the weather and cracks from a life of hard work and she's a wearing a pair of her husbands overalls, yet is still feminine. A strong woman who doesn't need to virulently express her femininity. Maybe?

Todd

Will, Excellent trees. What soil mix do you use? Phil

Hello Phil. I use a mix of Kiryu and Akadama with sieved leaf litter. This is proving too expensive, so I will try some cat litter in the mix this year.

This picture is an Elm I collected last year. Pulled it from its pot to see how the roots had grown. There were sufficient roots at the top end to sacrifice those i the middle.

I cut the rim from one side of a plastic container to allow some cascade and allow depth to the root.

Bags of character.

Love this first section in this tree.

OMG Will, what a beauty.
We really need to have words about your Elms my friend as mine never end up like yours.
Seeing where you are going with this tree I wished I brought the small one that you had for sale at Capel Manor.
I think I need to go "Back to School" when it comes to seeing potential within raw material, as I'm generally pants!!

Keep us posted Will,
Ook, Ook,
Simon

Thanks Simon. I have a shohin English Elm forest group that I have decided to break up into individuals. There are a dozen or so and I will be doing this in the next couple of days.

will baddeley wrote:Thanks Simon. I have a shohin English Elm forest group that I have decided to break up into individuals. There are a dozen or so and I will be doing this in the next couple of days.

Hubba-hubba
Why are you breaking it down Will, you don't often see Shohin groups,

Ook, Ook,
Simon

nice. will

best wishes, sam

Hi Will.

You know how I've always liked you.

Hello Simon. The trees are shohin sized but the planting is anything but. I do like this mini forest but at a metre long, it's very difficult to move or maintain. I think the trees will be better as individuals.

Will

Bring some down with you in March sir if you have potted them up individually

How much for this one ?.

fiona wrote:Hi Will.

You know how I've always liked you.

Cupboard love Fi.....

Hi Will

That is a bunch of great elms you have there. I have collected a few Elms around my way a few are a little like yours being twisted and turned in a water way. Although I will be looking harder for better ones as yours are so great.

I always thought mine where English elm but recently I have given it more thought that I can not be sure. Mine have the wings on the branches and leaf very similar to yours. I will get a pic or two up soon.

I have found they grow profusely in Spring but slow down to a stop as it warms up and they don't even get going agian as it cools down. This means I get one growth spurt per season even if I trim them back. I will start experimenting with defoliation next season to see if this helps but as most of my other trees grow all season long this is quite frustrating. Root growth seems great.
A comment of yours at the beginning of this thread may suggest you get the same but I wanted to get your thoughts on this.

Thanks for any help
Brett

personally, I would not break this up. its so much more striking together, than apart. imagine when the common canopy becomes highly ramified! a trophy, for sure. or as a second choice, maybe two groups?

best wishes, sam

Hello Sam. I may keep the smaller group together for now and break up the larger one. I know what you mean about the composition but its a lot easier to work on as individuals and in the long run, will do them more justice

Hello Brett. Winged sections are common on English Elm with rapid growth areas. Elms are notoriously difficult to categorise, as they can vary from County to County. Leaf shape can vary on the same plant too. I find some Elms to be extremely vigorous and others not so. I am going to change my feeding this year so they recieve food every time I water, to see if it makes a difference. The Elm at Noelanders is always slow to grow. It will gladly fill the pot with roots but the branches seldom shoot more than 6-8 leaves.

Hi Will.

WHHHHY???

this is a very nice composition. it will become just another (lots of them) shohin/s or twin trunk or triple trunk, what ever.
send it to me, I'll send you all my chinese "S" elms for your shohins.

regards,
jun

Hello Jun. WHHHY?...For the reasons above. It's also planted in a fibreglass pot and pretty ugly too. To buy a good pot for this group would cost well into the hundreds of pounds as well.