English Elm Yamadori/Ulmus Procera

Hi folks, this is the latest addition to my balcony, its a Chuhin sized English Elm..Ive just given it a light prune and propped it up with a little piece of rock, as it was a little wobbly in the pot. I think the rock actually works, but will take a better look under the soil next spring. in winter the branch structure will be assessed properly and tidied up. the dead stub at the back will be stripped and hollowed out...

New in my collection, a Chuhin English Elm by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
p1220171 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
p1220167 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
p1220172 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
p1220174 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
p1220168 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
p1220166 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

Completely hollow
IMG_0637 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

This is before and after the rock
IMG_0628 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_0629 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_0636 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_0678 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_0680 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_0682 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_0683 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_0684 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_0685 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_0687 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_0689 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_0693 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_0695 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_0700 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr


The tree was potted in spring, so just going to let it establish, light pruning here and there but nothing major. the tree is now only 10in tall and 14in wide, its perfect for my balcony as i can now only accommodate Chuhin and Shohin sized trees.

Thanks, will update as it develops

Once again. Excellent! I'm following you around the forums today if you were wondering.

Haha M! well i know youre a big fan of Elms, as i am...so glad you like it, now i can't wait to see the autumn colours
Theres some stonker English elms on kaizen atm, it didnt take me long to snap this one up, the decision was made in all of 5mins

I just saw a couple broken,bent over,beat up elms along a fence line just the other day. Looks like a stop is in order to check what they look like. If they are anything like this I'll pay the farmer to dig them out for him.

That sounds interesting, i hope you find a gem, good luck

BobbyLane wrote:That sounds interesting, i hope you find a gem, good luck

I wonder how many gallons of petrol it would take to drive my bass boat across the pond and just get one from Kaizen?

Love this tree. Great work. I'm in my 7th year of bonsai and am starting to love elms too!! Thanks for sharing.

steveb wrote:Love this tree.  Great work.  I'm in my 7th year of bonsai and am starting to love elms too!! Thanks for sharing.  

I really like the elms. Haven't found one I didn't like. They are the one tree I grow from seed. They grow like rockets. They backbud like nothing else. They can take brutal rootwork. Their leaves reduce dramatically. Lots to like.
Now go out and get you some.

M. Frary wrote:  I just saw a couple broken,bent over,beat up elms along a fence line just the other day. Looks like a stop is in order to check what they look like. If they are anything like this I'll pay the farmer to dig them out for him.
 

why not pull a tom sawyer and get him to pay you ?

Hi folks, just a small update on this one....its still evolving

Its just recently been cut back a little, a few bits of wire in places, has some filling out to do, the final image is the angle im enjoying at the moment and it has a round pot for it to go into in spring

IMG_2117 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_2124 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_3136 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_3213 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_3283 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

Please tell me this is the best tree in your collection?
Otherwise life just is not fair!
Nice character this one.

A long way to go yet with this one, its on the right track though

Well what can I say? Another excellent tree!

I really love this kind of wild and gnarly deciduous material. Huge character. Looks like your taking it in exactly the right direction as well (more than a little jealous of this one to be honest )

Regards

Richard

Cheers buddy, i have this round Erin pot for it, so will update in spring at re pot time.