Cork Bark Chinese Elm Bonsai

The cork bark jade makes a wonderful bonsai.

Cork bark chinese elm bonsai. Cork bark jade is a succulent species that is one of the most hardy bonsai trees. Here is a chinese elm with beautiful corking bark. Purchased in june of last year. Can be grown indoors and outdoors.

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. New media new comments search media. To care for it properly keep the tree warm and the soil moist. Fully hardy and frost tolerant to minus 5 7 celsius this elm is simplicity to keep and train as bonsai.

Prune train and repot the bonsai only as needed. Ulmus parvifolia cork bark common name. New posts search forums. Cork bark chinese elm in fall brilliance at the brooklyn botanic garden.

Feed well prune regularly and re pot into our no1 bonsai soil mix every one or two years keep well watered in summer and that s about it. To give it it s full name ulmus parvifolia jacq. 1 3 4 trunk 22 tall. The positive response to yesterday s post got me looking for wisteria bonsai in our archives and finally to this post on some bonsai at the brooklyn botanic.

110 00 cork bark elm 20123. Nice fall interest and lovely foliage. The chinese elm develops a fine ramification with small leaves which makes it a very suitable bonsai plant. You don t see that many good chinese elm bonsai.

In its home countries it can become a mighty tree of up to 25 m 80 ft tall with a trunk diameter of 1 m 3 ft. In this first episode of the development of a field grown cork bark elm as a bonsai tree terry erasmus shares what appealed to him about the tree initially and the processes and techniques he employed during the first year of growth in a container environment. Cork bark elm 20137. Deciduous tree that is cold hardy.

Meehans minitures always have a bunch of cork bark pre bonsai elm in stock. The chinese elm is the most popular elm for bonsai purposes although other elms are also very suitable. Chinese elm collection number. The cork bark jade also known as portulacaria afra frank is a rare cultivar of jade developed by frank yee that features a cork bark trunk.

Corticosa the cork bark chinese elm is a cultivar of the familiar chinese elm but with one very important difference the amazing bark. 2 1 2 trunk 25 tall. Tulsabonsigh just wing it microscopic and 1 other person.