Chinese elm - leaf colour

Krone

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Hello.
I have a small Chinese elm bonsai. It has survive the winter (couple of new buds) but the leaves are still in 'fall' colours. (dark red, a bit brown..., don't have the picture at the moment). The tree was green before the winter, have put it in the styrofoam box when the temperatures reached around -5C where the leaves started to recolour. It had couple of yellow leaves which has fallen off but really no more than 10 from the start of winter till now. Is that normal?

P.S. It has been planted in regular soil, have repotted it this weekend in proper bonsai soil.
 

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Perfectly normal for Chinese elm. In mild climates they are semi deciduous and the older leaves only drop off when the new ones start to grow. In warmer areas they don't change colours and don't drop leaves annually and keep growing all year.
 

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Awesome. Got a little scared when i started thinking about this and noticed, that there is not any pictures of Chinese elms with leaf colour like mine, anywhere online. Thanks!
 
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