You many remember this Cork Bark Elm ORIGINAL POST
This is it now without leaf. A little tidy up required but I’m very happy with the ramification. A nice pot in the Spring will make a big difference.
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So much for Thinning Out!!
Even though I’m trying to cut down on the size of my collection, I just couldn’t pass up this little Cork Bark Elm. I have loads of Corkies, big and small after field growing them over the last 10 years. So why add this one to the collection??
- The ramification in there is fantastic. This wasn’t the usual jumble of crossing branches, most of which I would have had to remove.
- I liked the soft movement in the trunk and there appeared to be a hidden nebari in there too.
- Thanks to Willowbog Bonsai, I’m pretty sure I couldn’t have got it any cheaper 😉
Root Much!
This is a little Cork bark Elm that I’m holding for Willowbog Bonsai with a view to slipping it into my shohin collection. I’m going to hold it to ransom until Peter offeres me discount 😉
I lifted it up today as I was shuffling a few trees around. This was what I found trying to root into grit underneath. I had lifted the tree about 2 weeks ago and no root was present. A lot of trees putting on late root growth, or maybe this is normal?
Shohin Elm Progress
I’ve posted a few times about this little Elm.
Older posts:
Another Purchase 28th February
Little Corky 31st March
Elm Update 5th May
I thought I would add another shot today. Nothing dramatic, just showing the stages of the tree in my attempt to develope decent branch structure.
This is what I hope to do from scratch with this air layer stump.
Bonsai Eejit 