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Originally Posted by BonsaiBen
Thanks for the reply Jeremy. It might just be a Jaqueline Hillier Elm. I bought it at a nursery where it was labeled Ulmus parvifolia without listing the variety, but when I spoke to the people there they said they thought it was mislabeled and was a dwarf variety of Chinese Elm. The guy said it was something like "Samu" so I figured he thought it was a Seiju but it doesn't look like any Seiju I've seen. Since I just got it I've yet to see any foliage on it so right now I have no clue.
I'm a bit apprehensive about taking it back to the first branch since it jutts out at such an angle. Maybe I'll go one or two up?
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Seiju looks very much like JH to me from the photos I've seen...never seen one in person though.
I understand your worries, so go two up and take it back to the lowest right branch in this picture:
http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/attachm...achmentid=19992
That leaves you with three serious branches.
Now, something I didn't mention before about JH is that it roots easily from cuttings. Take all the branch material that you cut off and place in a glass of water and place somewhere bright. Roots grow in about 3-5 weeks. I manage to get cuttings rooting of every other tree sort using conventional cutting compost, but with JH I've only had success with this "glass of water" method.
Jerry