As one of most flexible variety of tree, a Chinese Elm bonsai could be applied with many different shaping and styling technique you preferred. Due to their fine twigs, small leaves and rounded shape that very fit and suitable as miniature tree has made this tree very popular for many bonsai growers. They have a modeled dark grey bark that has a coloring mixed with cream and red.

When you place a Chinese Elm bonsai indoor, it will remain as semi-evergreen trees but when you place it outdoors and grown as large bonsai tree it will become deciduous trees. A Chinese Elm bonsai is different with other Elm tree species, like Chinese Elm is not prone with Dutch elm disease.
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One of the most attractive points in Chinese Elm bonsai is in its bark. The bark appearance will chance into more attractive color following its age, acquiring a fissured look that enriches the character of the bonsai. In Chinese Elm bonsai case, you should remember that smoother the bark, the weaker it is.

For sometimes, Chinese Elm bonsai can also grow on the ground. Trimming or pruning while it grows on the ground could help the trunk to get a stocky appearance. This will help the trunk to get a stocky appearance, if you alternate the growth of the tree with regular chopping, through a period of a few years. You can also give it a ragged and scarred or hollow look when styling it, because this tree is a variety with masculine look.

Sunlight, water and fertilization

Generally, the Chinese Elm bonsai require full sunlight or partial sunlight. Too much shade can lead the tree to die or growth of overlarge internodes. Only growers who live in place that have extremely hot climate can keep this tree on the shade.

During winter, you should keep some or all the leave of the tree. You should pay attention on the roots because fleshly roots of Chinese Elm bonsai could be damaged easily when they allowed getting cold.

IN Chinese Elm bonsai, you should never let the soil in the bonsai pot run to dry because it could damage your tree. Make sure that you have watering the bonsai on a regular basis. A Chinese Elm bonsai will require proper fertilization due to their fast growth rate. They should receive the feed twice every month or at least once every month, depending on the fertilizer organic content you have used.

Styling and repotting

At the beginning, you should repot the Chinese Elm bonsai every year in its first five years, after the first five years you could repot it every couple of years.

At first time, we have said that Chinese Elm was very flexible tree that can be shape in much different technique we preferred. To apply the shaping and styling, you could use wire to give it desired shape. You can also achieve a multi trunk style by wiring together a number of branches of the Chinese Elm Bonsai.

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