Oak style-Chinese Elm

[BobbyLane]

Hi all, here is a little Ulmus parvifolia ive been working on a couple seasons, well it spent just over a season in the ground..

I got it like this
IMAG1564 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMAG1569 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

was never entirely happy with it and cut it back
IMAG1776 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

and cut it back again, i was inspired by an Andy rutledge elm i'd seen on ibc, some of you may know it
IMG_3369 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_3401 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

spent a season in the ground
IMAG3517 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

and dug it up recently
20170313_163421 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

in a training pot
20170313_182644 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

a tidy up, removal of leggy twigs/weak bits
20170313_184437 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

2017-03-14_06-01-17 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
2017-03-14_07-00-34 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_3973 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_3983 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_3985 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

after further branch selection, ive wired everything up and out to reach the light, the branches will thickned far quicker this way...but it makes the tree look even more powerful imo
IMG_4021 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr
IMG_4019 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr

Robin hood oak
IMG_5532_2 Major Oak Edwinstowe, Notts. 3 March 2013 by Steve Gunter, on Flickr

this is the Andy rutledge elm i was inspired by, still a long way to go but you get the idea i think
Chinese Elm 12/08 by Design View, on Flickr

 

[BobbyLane]

after these photos, this went back in the grow bed.
i dug it up around a month ago.
i can see the base has improved, certainly a little wider. the transitions are much better. the central leader grew n thickened.

many of the branches were course and had to be cut right back and there was some die back and the tree seemed a little weak from a scale insect attack while in the bed.

its growing well again, will develop this the same way ive done with the chinese elm broom

 

[BobbyLane]

here's another shot of the Andy routlage 'oak style elm' in the earlier stages of development
Material in early stages of development by Design View, on Flickr

 

[Heitor Silva]

Lovely elms, Bobby! As a starter, I'd gently ask you something: when it comes to letting Chinese Elms grow freely, do you use a particular soil mixture? I'm looking foward to thickening my "baby elm", so any tips would be welcome. Thanks!

 

[BobbyLane]

Lovely elms, Bobby! As a starter, I'd gently ask you something: when it comes to letting Chinese Elms grow freely, do you use a particular soil mixture? I'm looking foward to thickening my "baby elm", so any tips would be welcome. Thanks!

theyre not fussy no

 

[Heitor Silva]

theyre not fussy no

All right. Thx again!

 

[BobbyLane]

Last images, this one has been sold now

 

[AlainK]

Very good, no ugly scars from fhis side, it looks great.

 

[BobbyLane]

Last images, this one has been sold now
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so when i dug this elm out of a growing bed in june it looked like this

 

[BobbyLane]

2 months on it was sold looking like this


lots of potential and very healthy