New Slippery elm

[penumbra]

So I recently decided to enter the 21st century and I bought this on FB. I haven't been on FB in years but there I was. Anyway I am really looking forward to begin its mother and son style training. I pal to keep the larger one as mother and reduce the son tree in height fairly significantly. I am seeing it as a ROR planting with the smaller tree rather windblown over the edge. We will see. Thoughts change like the seasons. Your thoughts are encouraged and welcome.

Having problem uploading picture but I will keep after it.

 

[BobbyLane]

So I recently decided to enter the 21st century and I bought this on FB. I haven't been on FB in years but there I was. Anyway I am really looking forward to begin its mother and son style training. I pal to keep the larger one as mother and reduce the son tree in height fairly significantly. I am seeing it as a ROR planting with the smaller tree rather windblown over the edge. We will see. Thoughts change like the seasons. Your thoughts are encouraged and welcome.

Having problem uploading picture but I will keep after it.

ah so that explains why we never see any pics from you

 

[penumbra]

Six tries now and I keep getting that oops message.
I'm not computer smart enough to know why. I have no problems with photos I take so this picture may have to wait until I get the plant next week.

 

[penumbra]

Half assed picture of my computer screen. BTW, Slippery elm is far and away my favorite elm species.

 

[GGB]

Jealous, I've been keeping an eye out for a good collectable one. Their fall color can be pretty darn good, for an elm anyway. One of my field guides even sites it as a crappy way to tell it apart from American elm, which tends to be a sicker, lighter yellow. But you must know this if you've been looking for one. congrats

 

[BobbyLane]

Half assed picture of my computer screen. BTW, Slippery elm is far and away my favorite elm species.
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why? ive never heard of one, is it a native tree?

 

[penumbra]

why? ive never heard of one, is it a native tree?

The long corrugated ovoid leaves are stunning and they have a great burnt orange fall color. Similar to Zelkova leaves but even nicer. Somewhere on here are pictures of leaves I posted awhile ago on another's thread.
Slippery elm bark is a supplement I have been taking about 40 years.

 

[BobbyLane]

The long corrugated ovoid leaves are stunning and they have a great burnt orange fall color. Similar to Zelkova leaves but even nicer. Somewhere on here are pictures of leaves I posted awhile ago on another's thread.
Slippery elm bark is a supplement I have been taking about 40 years.

Nice. I like the tree as a twin trunk , its what I see around here often. I wouldnt reduce the smaller trunk if was mine. whoever had it before had a good plan with it, theyve reduced the smaller trunk so it doesnt conflict with the taller one, but there is still a cohesiveness/harmony in the overall image. in the right trunk at the top, there is a very straight branch under the top branch, id look at reducing or getting movement into that, catches the eye straight away. everything else looks pliable enough for you to put your own twists n bends in. it has a good start mate

here's a twin trunk elm I had, might get some ideas from it

English Elm Twin Trunk

Thought i'd start a progression thread on an English elm i picked up for £10 on nov 2017 I loved that it was a twin trunk tree, i see these all the time here it was very leggy and unkempt to start with 20171024_165309 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr 20171024_165322 by Bobby Lane, on Flickr after i...

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My tastes now would be to have the small trunk taller, im going to try n make something similar with pommegranate cuttings.

 

[19Mateo83]

So I recently decided to enter the 21st century and I bought this on FB. I haven't been on FB in years but there I was. Anyway I am really looking forward to begin its mother and son style training. I pal to keep the larger one as mother and reduce the son tree in height fairly significantly. I am seeing it as a ROR planting with the smaller tree rather windblown over the edge. We will see. Thoughts change like the seasons. Your thoughts are encouraged and welcome.

Having problem uploading picture but I will keep after it.

Slippery elm is defiantly on my to find list. I put a bug in @HorseloverFat ’s ear to keep an eye out for me one on his adventures…. Once his corner of the world has thawed out. That is a sweet little elm you got! I’m jealous

 

[RJG2]

I have a couple in my yard I'll be taking air layers from this spring. The leaves reduce pretty small too, definitely a good species.

Then there's my fun rafty clump in the natives contest!

Five Year Native Tree Challenge: RJG2's Ulmus rubra (slippery elm)

This should be interesting, if I can pull it off (out of the ground). This elm was cut down at ground level for a fence. The right side grew back into a full tree. I kept running over the left with the lawn mower, and after rotting away a bunch, it looks like the edge of a crater - this is...

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[BrightsideB]

Beautiful tree’s @penumbra

 

[HorseloverFat]

Slippery elm is defiantly on my to find list. I put a bug in @HorseloverFat ’s ear to keep an eye out for me one on his adventures…. Once his corner of the world has thawed out. That is a sweet little elm you got! I’m jealous

I've been looking for a decent one for the last year too.. that and Rock Elm..

I've seen them both, but MATURE
.. AND further inland... I guess I'll HAVE to go from my "comfort zone" of "close to big water" to wrangle some of these bad boys.

@penumbra AWESOME!!!... I cannot wait.

 

[Frozentreehugger]

@penumbra your slippery is nice . Looking forward to its progress . The native elm I am on the hunt for is . Ulmus Thomasii Rock elm . I had a small one my first round of bonsai . It has several key characteristics . Appealing to bonsai . The leaves are smaller than the related slippery and American elms . They do not have the vase shape of the other 2 . Often straight trunk . Horizontal branches often lower than the other 2 . And rough almost cork like bark even at a young age .
Lives up to its name . Extremely hard wood . Used for tool handles and hockey sticks . . Almost impossible to bend . Once set . Unfortunately getting rare to find . Even seeds do not produce every year . More like every 4 or 5 but I really want a replacement

 

[luvinthemountains]

Half assed picture of my computer screen. BTW, Slippery elm is far and away my favorite elm species.

Great find! I had been watching that one as well, but am trying to control myself a bit after a $$$ tree purchase last month. Be sure to update!

 

[penumbra]

Update. I put it in a slightly oversized bonsai pot (elms grow fast) and covered the few surface roots to further develop them. Took the top off the shorter trunk and pulled the branches down a bit more.