Cork Bark Chinese Elm Bonsai

Fully hardy and frost tolerant to minus 5 7 celsius this elm is simplicity to keep and train as bonsai.

Cork bark chinese elm bonsai.

Prune train and repot the bonsai only as needed. 1 of 3 go to page. We are the bonsai supply 14 273. The cork bark elm or ulmus parvifolia corticosa with its delightful little green leaves and deeply craggy bark make exquisite small to large bonsai check out the video on how to care for them.

Hennie nel decides a cork bark chinese elm bonsai in his collection can be improved by air layering. Well the inevitable happened and another tree has found its way into my collection. Luckily i was there at the time to document the process for you. The chinese elm ulmus parvifolia also known as the lacebark elm is among most readily available and most forgiving bonsai trees to work with making it a great choice for beginners.

Cork bark chinese elm. Start date feb 13 2020. Here is a chinese elm with beautiful corking bark. Cork bark chinese elm ulmus parvifolia.

Purchased in june of last year. It had great taper nice bark some interesting movement and. While at a friend s place i spotted the below corky bark chinese elm on his sale benches and decided i could make something of it. Corticosa the cork bark chinese elm is a cultivar of the familiar chinese elm but with one very important difference the amazing bark.

Messages 5 070 reaction score 14 777 location houston tx usda zone 9a feb 13 2020 1 apparently i can t have too many projects. Corky bark chinese elm. Makeover of a chinese elm continued. June 12 2012 in bonsai maintenence pruning tags.

Chinese elm bonsai root over rock the bonsai supply duration. Feed well prune regularly and re pot into our no1 bonsai. In this post we continue with the development of an old chinese elm which began a remake in 2009. To care for it properly keep the tree warm and the soil moist.