AusBonsai

Hey guys, Just wondering if anyone knows what type of bonsai this is?

http://s16.postimg.org/ac9cqpyn9/IMG_1480.jpg

Also i have a ficus retusa and bald cypress swampy, just wondering what the best thing to do for the winter.
Keep them inside or move them outside and inside depending on the weather?

Chinese elm i am pretty sure, oh, and it looks like your Bonsai guy is dead.

Chinese elm I think, leaves don't look serrated enough to be zelkova serrata?

As for the others, I leave mine outside but under a bit of cover if there is a chance of frost.

Cheers

Agree with Chinese elm ID. The Chinese guy might just be having a little nap Bodhi. Hard to tell from just a still pic.

Also i have a ficus retusa and bald cypress swampy, just wondering what the best thing to do for the winter.
Keep them inside or move them outside and inside depending on the weather?

You only give your location as NSW. It is a pretty big place with a wide range of climate. How to properly manage your trees will depend on your local climate and even your local microclimate. In coastal areas like where Draco is, figs are often ok outside with just a little protection but inland or at higher elevations temps will get below 0 in winter so figs will need to be better protected and probably need to be inside for most of the winter. If you get frost figs should be inside or in a glasshouse. I don't have F. retusa but seem to recall it being less cold hardy than F. rubiginosa so maybe even more important to protect it?????

The swampy is deciduous and can cope with cold. Mine thrive and temps here get down to -6C occasionally.

bodhidharma wrote:Chinese elm i am pretty sure, oh, and it looks like your Bonsai guy is dead.

I thought he was just relaxing having a snooze in the shade of the Chinese Elm

Josh.

If that's the case Josh, he's picked the wrong tree. That one is not going to provide much shade

shibui wrote:If that's the case Josh, he's picked the wrong tree. That one is not going to provide much shade

true.

Hi Massey,
Hope we havent offended you with our little bit of banter. It happens a bit and is quite light hearted. Just noticing you are still active and have not made an acknowledgement. If so then we are sorry or i am anyway

bodhidharma wrote:Hi Massey,
Hope we havent offended you with our little bit of banter. It happens a bit and is quite light hearted. Just noticing you are still active and have not made an acknowledgement. If so then we are sorry or i am anyway

Like wise. We all start somewhere. Even the 400 year old pine that survived Hiroshima started as a seedling. I still have the first tree I started with and it is now looking more like a bonsai than when i bought it and I'm very proud of it. You can grow and nurture this tree and learn from its growth habit.
As far as moving trees around I prefer to not move them to much but provide some shelter for them. I think moving trees in and out of different climates weakens the tree. This is just my and in no way a science based opinion.
Please post pics of the other trees, love to see what you have.

Josh.

Hi all,

Why isn't this species a zelkova? Chinese elm-ish but something else.

Cheers,

Brad.