Colorado
Masterpiece
I drove down to Colorado Springs yesterday to pick up this large Siberian elm from a buddy downsizing his collection. I took a backroad highway through the foothills, in the sunshine, while listening to the new Mirai podcast episode with Todd Schlafer. It was beautiful! Anyway, the tree…
Elm collected in August 2018 from a riparian area near Colorado Springs. I’m told the area was going to be developed, and he had a chance to collect 6 of these elms at the time. Apparently they’ve gone their separate ways over the years and this was the last one remaining.
Nice chunky base and thick bark. A little too big for my photo background at the moment! I set it up with a nice dose of Biogold and fish and kelp.
I think I will prune the branches back significantly in the next day or two to get back budding on the trunk. I would have preferred to do this a couple weeks ago, but I think we have enough growing season left and the tree is very healthy. Planning to repot into a shallow box in spring 2022 for a year or two before a bonsai pot.
Any Siberian Elm advice is welcome!
Elm collected in August 2018 from a riparian area near Colorado Springs. I’m told the area was going to be developed, and he had a chance to collect 6 of these elms at the time. Apparently they’ve gone their separate ways over the years and this was the last one remaining.
Nice chunky base and thick bark. A little too big for my photo background at the moment! I set it up with a nice dose of Biogold and fish and kelp.
I think I will prune the branches back significantly in the next day or two to get back budding on the trunk. I would have preferred to do this a couple weeks ago, but I think we have enough growing season left and the tree is very healthy. Planning to repot into a shallow box in spring 2022 for a year or two before a bonsai pot.
Any Siberian Elm advice is welcome!