Ulmus procera sabamiki (2010-2015)

In february of 2010 I found a little hollow tree near the train tracks



collecting in progress



raw material



14/05/10 first shoots



14/04/2011


2012 some carving

before


a little bit of dust


after the work


01/04/2012


12/04/2012, leaf pruning and grafting


december 2012 after repotting and some pruning


12/04/2013



06/05/2013


07/08/2013


01/12/13


06/05/14


15/07/2014


14/12/14

1/03/2015 repotting again
Buds beginning to open




roots


soil away


the other side


after cleaning all the soil with the hose


again in the pot,








after three root graftings and more sustrate (50% akadama and 50% pomice)



01/04/2015



19/04/15


to be continued...

greetings from Spain

I was getting a little worried as Iwas scrowing down through the pictures. Those branches looping and circling all over were tormenting me. But as I got further down they were gone. Thank you so much for cutting those off. I feel much better now. That is a very nice piece of material you've collected. And turning into a very nice tree.

Those branches looping and circling were thread graftings, I agree that are ugly, but is a secure way to put a new branch where you want. You can read more about this tecnique here, click,click


Thanks for you reply
David

“The object is not to make the tree look like a bonsai, but to make the bonsai look like a tree.” - John Naka



I don't know if some day this will be a bonsai, but, at least for to some little bird, it looks like a tree

best regards

Hi davidlpf

Interesting small tree making project...and the bird like it
Will be interesting to follow your work.

kind regards Yvonne