All about Chinese Elm Bonsai - Greenwood Bonsai 

Probably as you get on bro, if youre anything like me, you'll kinda cringe at those generic cookie cut s-shaped "mall-sai" as many call them. Me especially chinese elms and other deciduous or broad leafed trees like it that are s-bends with the foliage pruned into little clouds akin to like is done for conifers like pines and junipers... nope! 😒😠😡😤 Ok i may be exxagerating how angry they make me lol but dont make me smile either. The straighter one has alot more potential imho as a classic broom style. It is a hard style to do really well though but when done well i love them. But really you have yo train it as a broom very early on or you get this sorta in between look thats neither nor. Anyway just my two cents.

Hope you enjoy it!

Ive purchased one also. These woodland style chinese elms look awesome and a nice size also. This will be my 6th elm now.

@@titanbengalthey are beautiful. I just got my first bonsai and I’m learning to take care of them 😊

Thankyou William

I'm glad you like the vids, Yes, I was over to USA last Sept for the National Exhibition, had a great time.

they do look very natural

That's great, glad you enjoyed the day

I was amazed by that too, he took off half the tree but it appeared bigger afterwards

Thanks a lot

Thanks Ian, we will send your tree out Monday, should be with you Tuesday !

Not seen the schedule yet !

It should have done, was it outside in winter? a few people that keep them outside ended up with dead / grumpy trees due to the cold winter in the UK. (assuming you are UK based)

@@greenwoodbonsaistudio I am UK based, yes I did leave it outside over our last winter. It definitely isn’t dead as it has lovely green foliage however growth seems extremely slow/ grumpy like you said. Maybe a repot in the spring as it hasn’t been reported since I bought it from your studio 3 years ago. Yearly checks on the root system didn’t indicate a repot that’s why I didn’t do it last year

TLC and Time will tell, a few grumpy trees around this year, hopefully be okay next year

Yes, we use our bonsai soil mix, or Akadama. But you may need to use a different mix, as your climate isn't the same as in the UK

just use neat akadama, no need to over complicate it with so many ingredients

It’s called lac balsam. Wound sealant. On our website www.bonsai.co.uk

@@greenwoodbonsaistudiothank you for your reply. Another question after how many time do they need to have the pot replaced? Thanks in advance

About -10

Mine are out side all year round

They are very adaptable. Cooler spell in winter let’s them drop a few leaves as new ones emerge.

I always have RS shears to hand !

@@greenwoodbonsaistudioThey look brilliant, so can understand that! My wife already knows what's on the list for next birthday :)

Probably the best bonsai video I've viewed in a long time. I'm a big fan of the woodland style chinese elm and have a collection of 5 now that all thrive indoors. I've definitely learnt something new from this video.