Bonsai Tree Care and Creation — Chinese Elm Bonsai Tree

by The Bonsai Tree Care on January 13th, 2010


Ongoing creation work on an old Chinese Elm bonsai. Branch pruning and wiring for future ramification.

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  1. chasnsx Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    @Bunzy98 You do have to be careful how much you remove from a juniper in winter because if the temp is above freezing, they are not completely dormant. They are still photosynthesizing and still putting on slow root growth. I never remove more than 30% of the foliage mass during a winter pruning, and if I get a freeze and the tree goes fully dormant, I do not prune until the tree starts to emerge from dormancy.

  2. Bunzy98 Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    Alright. One of my trees. is about 7 years old and its a juniper. So your saying that when I prune it during winter i need to be careful with how much i prune?

  3. chasnsx Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 7:59 pm

    It depends on the species of tree. Most deciduous trees can be pruned at any time during dormancy with no ill effect. With evergreens you must be very careful as to how much greenery you remove, as they need a certain amount of foliage mass even during dormancy in order to sustain necessary life activity.

  4. Bunzy98 Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    If i were to prune my trees during the winter season would it effect the tree. or whenever its in dormancy does it matter?

  5. bhellige47 Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    beautiful stock. well done

  6. chasnsx Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 9:36 pm

    Click on my screen name, and that takes you to my channel. In the upper right is a box labeled “uploads” — that is a list, in chronological order, of all my videos.

  7. whyaz69 Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 10:31 pm

    Wonderful workshop and just what I needed right when I needed it. Is there any easy way I can find a lit of ALL your bonsai videos?

  8. zzzxppix Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    i like your work Chas … i also really like chinese elms … i have a small one it grows like crazy .. may i ask where are you located ?

  9. chasnsx Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 11:12 pm

    Stay tuned. I have some really big projects planned once the weather cools.

  10. CurseOrange Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 11:29 pm

    MY chinese elm comes tomorrow i cannot wait!

  11. bigfootstolemypuppy Says:
    January 14th, 2010 at 12:07 am

    awesome as always