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Jacob,

Chinese elms are pretty hardy when it comes to cold. Depending on wich variety you have winter care is not that hard. First you would want to store your elm low to the ground(under bench possibly) and then you might want to insulate the whole bench area with straw. Chinese elms are cold hardy down to about 15 degree's without protection, anything below you will need too protect it. I have three different kinds of elms and when winter comes they go off my bench and uderneath it, I cover the whole bench with a clear plastic and put straw all over the bottm half's of all my tree's(only dedicous done this way). I hope this info is at all useful to you as nobody else replied to this thread.

Adam

23-Oct-2003	#2
Adam bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Apr-2002 Location: Effingham,Illinois Country: Usa USDA Zone: Zone 6 AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 2,147	Jacob, Chinese elms are pretty hardy when it comes to cold. Depending on wich variety you have winter care is not that hard. First you would want to store your elm low to the ground(under bench possibly) and then you might want to insulate the whole bench area with straw. Chinese elms are cold hardy down to about 15 degree's without protection, anything below you will need too protect it. I have three different kinds of elms and when winter comes they go off my bench and uderneath it, I cover the whole bench with a clear plastic and put straw all over the bottm half's of all my tree's(only dedicous done this way). I hope this info is at all useful to you as nobody else replied to this thread. Adam __________________ \|Adam\| check out... My Blog the Golden Age is coming... love,light and peace...