I finally think I found a front I like.

[Vin]

I can't remember, didn't you do this with some Chinese Elms a few years back?

 

[barrosinc]

Get your minds out of the gutter, that's what I water my trees with!!!

You´ve gotta water your trees with the breast that you can

 

[Vin]

This is one of Ray Thiemes old trees.

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Is this a Chionanthus virginucus and why did you include it in the thread?

 

[Smoke]

I can't remember, didn't you do this with some Chinese Elms a few years back?

nope

 

[Smoke]

Is this a Chionanthus virginucus and why did you include it in the thread?

Ray Thieme was the man from whom I bought the pot from. He had done bonsai for over sixty years. That tree was just a shrub with a 1 inch trunk when he dug it.

The tree, Loropetalum chinense

 

[JudyB]

Looks good in that pot, it's amazing how much development you get in your season.

 

[Vin]

nope

Maybe the question was brought up in an unrelated thread that you possible offered an opinion on. Either way, what are you thoughts on binding some Chinese Elms together and the likelihood they would form one trunk as does a Trident?

 

[Smoke]

Maybe the question was brought up in an unrelated thread that you possible offered an opinion on. Either way, what are you thoughts on binding some Chinese Elms together and the likelihood they would form one trunk as does a Trident?

I have no experience with grafting elms since they bud so readily, so never thought to graft trunks.

I wouldn't have even grafted the tridents if growers would start growing maples to look like maples instead of pines.