Collected Chinese Elm Bonsai
I collected this as a volunteer in our yard. We have two medium sized Chinese Elms that send up sprouts all over the place. I collected it in spring of 2010 and stabilized it in a pot for a year or so before I planted it in the ground on top of a tile to let it grow wild to fatten the trunk.
1/23/11 - winter time before I put in the ground
3/27/11. just planted in the ground.
Jan 2017 just before collecting
tile that it was planted on to force the roots to spread out
reduced rootball after collecting by hosing the dirt out and trimming
first pot
6/14/17. collected in winter of 2017, thriving in pot.
first winter in pot. selected a few branches to keep.
January 2019
Thread grafted whip for new leader.
Thread graft for new leader.
