Some of my elms

[Davidlpf]

Hi.

Here you have a sample of my elm's colection.

Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia) standar

Tend to keep leaves through the winter and sheed flakes of bark showing orangish underneath

Chinese elm, seiju elm and nire (Ulmus parvifolia standar, Ulmus parvifolia var seiju, Ulmus parvifolia var nirekeyaki)

- Variety seiju: smallest leaves than the standar and develop corky bark. Don't keep foliage in winter
- Varierty nirekeyaki: leaves like standar, don't tend to keep foliage in winter, corky bark.

Siberian elms (Ulmus pumila)

Small bud in winter, smooth bark when are young, rough bark when mature.

English elm (Ulmus minor)

Smooth grey bark when young, rough corky bark when mature, over all in hot dry exposure. Bud are bigger in winter.

continue....

 

[Davidlpf]

Two diferent phenotypes, same genotipe of ulmus minor

Left, trunk form the wild, right, an airlayer

Raw material


Airlayer


The result



....continue...

 

[Davidlpf]

Other Ulmus minor, chopped in half by airlayering

...continue...

 

[Davidlpf]

Ulmus minor 4x1 by airlayering a big piece of raw material

And finally an Ulmus minor growing at full sun, not a bonsai proyect, but a realy corky one

I'll try to keep the post update when leaves mature, in order to help the identification of each species.

Cheers, and thanks for watching!

 

[John P.]

Nice group, there!

 

[defra]

Thats some Nice trees you got there!
Ill follow with intetest

 

[Davidlpf]

Early spring update, with some side to side comparison between differents types.

Cheers!

 

[Davidlpf]

Two trees from the same stump (Ulmus minor), same feeding and watering schedule, but different branch structure produce different bud and leaf size.

The thinner the branch, the smallest the leave

Greetings!

 

[giventofly]

Very nice.

Got more images of the air layer process? How much time did it take?

 

[Davidlpf]

Very nice.

Got more images of the air layer process? How much time did it take?

Sure, check it out click,click The airlawer was made on 21/04/2013, and cut on 8/12/2014

Cheers

 

[giventofly]

You cut it and repoted in the winter ?

 

[Davidlpf]

You cut it and repoted in the winter ?

Sometimes

 

[Davidlpf]

Update 13/04/2022

First row in the left: Ulmus parvifolia
Middel: Ulmus pumila
Right: Ulmus minor

Leaf size can change significantly deppend on the defoliating, pruning and pinching schedule

BTW all my elms are feeding with 20-20-20 fertilizer, 3gr liter, every two weeks.


Cheers.

 

[giventofly]

Love to see your videos

 

[Davidlpf]

Some of my Ulmus minor, growing in pots. Semi-shade (orientation nor-est)

Ulmus minor, growing in the ground, full sun

So far, so good

Cheers.

 

[Davidlpf]

Update 05/05/2022

Left row: Ulmus parvifolia
Center: Ulmus minor
Right: Ulmus pumila

Cheers.

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

Phenomenal.