They will never, repeat never, live as long indoor as they will outdoors I was gifted a while ago a tree that i don't like at all but thinking of chopping it all up and recomposing the pieces into a small forest. My parents have a really big elm tree in their yard, and when i started to get the bonsai itch earlier this year, i decided to take a couple air layers from it
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I placed two air layers on smallish branches i could reach with a ladder on april 22, 2025
Some arborists doing work on the.
Chinese elms do not require a hard dormant period, and can be treated as a tropical with no ill effects When i lived in chicago, i kept my chinese elms inside all winter, and moved them outside in the spring For general care and styling of the ulmus and zelkova genera of trees. Chinese elms are sometimes promoted as indoor bonsai
The vast majority of people who try that end up disappointed by dead and dying indoor chinese elms Mot sites indoors are way too dark for most trees even though we find light levels comfortable, there's not enough of the right spectrum for trees. What is your experience with the chinese elms dropping leaves Here are a couple images of my elm
For comparison, i have a couple other bonsai
I have a field maple, that has no moss on the substrate but basically also grows in the volcanic gravel No problem for him, the saucer is also often filled with water and the tree grows like crazy. Are elms late to wake up as compared to other species Reason i ask is last summer i bought my first elm at the bonsai show
Nice little tree that i think has some potential It spent the winter in the shed storage and just took it out about 2 weeks ago No signs of buds yet at all Anyone has any experience, advice or tips taking harwood cuttings on chinese elms
I was told that even thicker ones (1/2 or perhaps more) can root easily
