ulmus parviflora 'seiju'

Hey guys I was really excited to see my Seiju elm arrive today, plans for this tree are following: Since I really like the style of @Eric Schrader 's plants, I wanted to style it in somwhat of these styles: Of course more refined than this one. Somewhat like this tree of Eric: Or this...

Hello all - I've searched both this forum and elsewhere online and can't seem to find a clear answer, so I'm hoping by posting the question myself that you wise folks will jump in. I have a Seiju elm I picked up a couple months ago as a pre-bonsai from a nursery that has a "bonsai" department...

I was in the area and stopped by a local nursery and was looking around and found these Seiju elms that they had on final clearance. Generally speaking for nursery material, it looked great to me and started to get some really nice bark, but it had some pretty noticeable reverse taper. I wanted...

Another little cork bark elm from a local nursery, budding up nicely 👌 Hopefully a nice shohin in the making!

I got this Seiju Chinese Elm cutting in July last year. It looked like this. I let it grow without any trimming or root work (so I don't have any idea what the roots are like) and now it's much bigger. The overall image hasn't changed much since about the middle of summer, but it seems...

I just received my ulmus parvifolia seiju and it has remains of grafting wax on it and a diagonal line in the bark that tell me its grafted, but i dont know why. Does seiju have root issues or does it grow faster this way or is this just the typical "GRAFT ALL THE PLANTS!!" attitude that...

This is my Seiju, I've had it for about two years and I made the first cuts on it this past winter. It was purchased from the Muranaka nursery in Nipomo, CA. It was propagated from a root cutting about 5 years prior to my ownership. 2017-right after purchase Winter 2017 Bark Detail After...

Gifted to me. Nice potential. No real plans at moment.. maybe going to develop as a flat topped acacia styled tree with some flat pads. Will see. Age: About 10yrs? Training: Previous owner Width: .81" Height: 21" Pot sucks. Needs a new pot.