bonsaial1

This is how the tree was coming along two years later. I planted it in the small blue pot, but it outgrew it the next year and had to go in the brown unglazed turned pot. I had said earlier in the post that I did not wire my elms, but when I found this pic i found that I have wired elms in the past. I guess I needed to crank the tail more than the clipping would provide. This was also an early attempt at making a stand, fairly heavy molding I'd say. I just thought this would be a fun tree to post since it did not look like much when I bought it, but with a little training it came out pretty well. On a sad note the tree expired about 2 years ago for no apparent reason. It was a "catlin" elm and they can just puke and die with no warning. It was about 5 inches long when I got it, but had grown to about 18 inches long and an inch wide at the base, even in the small pot.

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