Chinese Elm Update

A little update on my informal broom style Chinese Elm. This is the tree that was my very first bonsai and so got me hooked on the hobby. This winter it finally decided to drop it's leaves, it hasn't managed this before, preferring to keep them untill spring and then lose them. So with this in mind, I took the advantage to take a couple of photos. Also, being leafless allowed me to better assess it's structure. The tree has a lot of faults currently, but it holds sentimental value to me. This year it will get a new pot, a shallower round pot. I also intend to keep growing the canopy outwards to produce a wider look. Further on from that, if I can get the growth I am looking for this year, I may look at growing it some new roots the year after, as currently it has no real nebari to speak of.

 

Front shot

Here is a Flash360 video of it also, let it load and then use your mouse to rotate it.