New acquisition-2: elm (American?)

[Hbhaska]

Not sure what type of elm this is. Could be American? Chinese, may be? Regardless, I like the main trunk-line. Would like to develop more ramifications in the future and a stronger apex. Will wire up that top branch and let it run for several years.

 

[just.wing.it]

Looks like a standard Lacebark Chinese Elm.
Very nice specimen.

 

[Paradox]

Nice trunk on that one

 

[PA_Penjing]

textbook chinese elm (lacebark elm) bark. That's a beaut

 

[Darran]

That’s a great tree.

 

[Hbhaska]

7-23-22 update:

 

[Hbhaska]

2-28-23 update:

This tree is getting a facelift in 2023. Made some major cuts in the trunk two weeks ago. Repotted today. As the buds are pushing out. Hope to get nicer growth this year and I plan to push the foliage back in.

 

[FreshAirSunshine]

What was the reasoning for the chop? I was trying to see what was problematic with the larger branch you removed but it was a bit hard with the pics available. It looked like it may have had inverse taper in one? Just wondering because it was such a large branch that the trade off of a big scar must have been worth it.

 

[Hbhaska]

The previous chop to remove the leader wasn’t very good. it had trouble healing over.