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Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: August 9th, 2015, 8:42 am
by regwac
Looked at the line up of trees that need repotting and the frost on the ground ready to delay any attempt and decided some trees have to go . This one was dug in Autumn 2013 , has had the one repot last Spring and is ready now judging by the buds swelling . 300 mm pot . A piece of root with sheep nibbled suckers . You can catch me in Canberra periodically , otherwise it is probably a freight proposition since it weighs 4 or 5 kilos . $250.00 .
Cheers
Graham
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Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: August 9th, 2015, 1:01 pm
by MoGanic
That is super interesting to say the least.
Mo
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Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: August 9th, 2015, 4:14 pm
by regwac
Love my "hobbit" trees Mo. Have several from this paddock and a couple of Pyracantha from our place that were pruned by horses .
Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: August 9th, 2015, 4:59 pm
by treeman
Interseting material!
Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: August 9th, 2015, 5:41 pm
by regwac
Bit like your avatar Mike . Cheers Graham
Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: August 9th, 2015, 6:47 pm
by Damian Bee
Fascinating mate. Never seen anything like it on here before.
Thanks for posting

Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: August 9th, 2015, 8:06 pm
by regwac
Have a look at "Do cows make bonsai?" In deciduous . Same paddock and it was sheep in fact .
Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: August 9th, 2015, 8:26 pm
by Naimul
looks amazing, going to have to scavenge some cash now...

Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: August 9th, 2015, 9:35 pm
by alpineart
Hi Mae nice piece of material there . I have quite a few English Elm turtle backs but not a Chinese Elm piece

, If only i had the room for 1 more ??.
Cheers Alpineart.
Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: September 13th, 2015, 4:45 pm
by Andrew F
Gonna bump this. Graham and wife were lovely to deal with, excellent stock, fantastic prices 10/10.
Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: September 14th, 2015, 7:18 am
by regwac
Thanks Andrew . You and Hugh are easy to deal with also . It was a long drive for you .
This tree is still for sale . The pot it is in is 300 mm diameter to give a sense of size . Repotted ten days ago . Still got a big bulb of root under that is alive .
Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: September 14th, 2015, 10:49 am
by hugh grant
Andrew F wrote:Gonna bump this. Graham and wife were lovely to deal with, excellent stock, fantastic prices 10/10.
regwac wrote:Thanks Andrew . You and Hugh are easy to deal with also . It was a long drive for you .
This tree is still for sale . The pot it is in is 300 mm diameter to give a sense of size . Repotted ten days ago . Still got a big bulb of root under that is alive .
Yes thanks Graham! Well worth it 100%
Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: September 14th, 2015, 11:55 am
by Andrew F
hugh grant wrote:Andrew F wrote:Gonna bump this. Graham and wife were lovely to deal with, excellent stock, fantastic prices 10/10.
regwac wrote:Thanks Andrew . You and Hugh are easy to deal with also . It was a long drive for you .
This tree is still for sale . The pot it is in is 300 mm diameter to give a sense of size . Repotted ten days ago . Still got a big bulb of root under that is alive .
Yes thanks Graham! Well worth it 100%
I appreciate the impromptu bonsai sales table, I thought that was considerate. Here's some pics
Here is a random piece Ive bound to this yingshi rock

Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: September 14th, 2015, 12:47 pm
by regwac
Those tables were the best $90 I ever invested . The smaller tree looks even better than I thought it did and the rock works really well with the littlest " lump " .
Cheers Graham
Re: Chinese elm turtleback
Posted: September 14th, 2015, 12:52 pm
by Andrew F
regwac wrote:Those tables were the best $90 I ever invested . The smaller tree looks even better than I thought it did and the rock works really well with the littlest " lump " .
Cheers Graham
My old man's got one of those tables in his work shop and swears the same thing haha.
The smaller one will be a great little semi cascade in the near future.
As for the lump/rock, I will let it put on as much growth this season as possible and reshuffle the branching in winter.
Thanks again Graham, we will catch up again very soon.