Originally Posted by rasWestin

Hello guys..

I've been checking out a local nursery (Bushnell Gardens Nursery) for the last few weeks, and they had a few beautiful bonsai specimen from Lone Pin Gardens in Sebastpool. One caught my eye in particular.. and so I ended up purchasing it.

I was originally told it was a Zelkova Serrata... but the employee didn't seem too sure of himself.. so I did a little research myself.. and sure enough I'm beginning to second guess it's original identification. I still believe it's a Zelkova or Ulmus strain.. but I need help identifiying it so I can research more specific care techniques.

It's got an acuminate leaf tip.. a triple serrate leaf margin (this is what through me off) and it has an obtuse base rather than oblique. The color is a lightish green (not quite as dark as an Ulmus Parvifolia for instance) and some of the newest growth has a redish/orange tint to it. I'll take pictures as soon as I get off work.

In the mean time I've got it in 3/4 sun with a fast draining soil. One full watering and a few light mistings per day and it's been SUPER happy... it's well due for a pruning but I don't want to snip it until I figure out that it's a summer-prunable species.

Hope you all can help me out with this one...

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