Mike Hennigan
Chumono
Hey all. Here is an elm I collect last year, March 25th 2018. It is an elm and I’m pretty sure it is Ulmus rubra, also known as slippery elm or red elm. You wouldn’t believe the amount of slippery goo that was oozing out of the roots when I did the post collection rootwork last spring.
The thing is an ugly beast and I love it. Somebody had cut this back hard (probably hoping it would die) some years before I collected it. A large part of the center of the trunk had died and is hollow. I’m thinking of extending this hollow up further.
Today it got its first real styling. I cut back all the large branches very hard. Last year by fall it had grown to about 5 and a half feet tall. I let the roots escape into the ground. Here’s how it looks today after some initial structural pruning and wiring:
Here are some pics from last year. The roots were a total mess. I’m going to be repotting this tree as well sometime in the next week so we’ll see how they look. May consider ground layering at some point if I need to. Some more pics from last summer after recovery as well. The tree grew much taller by the end of the season than this pic shows.
The thing is an ugly beast and I love it. Somebody had cut this back hard (probably hoping it would die) some years before I collected it. A large part of the center of the trunk had died and is hollow. I’m thinking of extending this hollow up further.
Today it got its first real styling. I cut back all the large branches very hard. Last year by fall it had grown to about 5 and a half feet tall. I let the roots escape into the ground. Here’s how it looks today after some initial structural pruning and wiring:
Here are some pics from last year. The roots were a total mess. I’m going to be repotting this tree as well sometime in the next week so we’ll see how they look. May consider ground layering at some point if I need to. Some more pics from last summer after recovery as well. The tree grew much taller by the end of the season than this pic shows.
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