Agriculture Hobby : Chinese Elm and Maple webbed

Agriculture Hobby :

Chinese Elm and Maple webbed

Chinese elm :

Chinese Elm

The Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia) belongs to the genus Ulmus. This is an easy to use in the practice of bonsai, thanks to its strength which enables it to tolerate some kind of maintenance errors. The Chinese elm is also often recommended, as well as the Ficus retusa, for beginners.

Exposure :

Subtropical tree, he can spend the whole year in, provided you have a very good brightness and pass hiverdans an unheated room. However after a few years the tree may be exhausted. That is why it is recommended to go out during the summer and then let all year round outdoors. During the winter months it can be useful to protect the root ball of the gel with bubble wrap and leaves and place the tree in a cold greenhouse. Ensure all the same that the temperature does not fall below -5 ° C. In a few years, it will lose its leaves and acclimated in the fall.

Repotting :

Period potting extends from April to June The Chinese elm especially appreciate the akadama as substrate. Pruning about a third. Accompany potting a structure size to balance the root portion and the aerial part.

Note :

Allow the substrate surface between waterings in light rain. Spray the foliage occasionally if the bonsai is indoors.

Maple webbed

Maple webbed

The webbed or smooth Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) is a maple native species of maple in Japan, Korea and northeast China. It belongs to the section Palmata classification of maple and is divided into three subspecies distinguishable by the shape of their leaves:

Small tree with leaves of 5 to 10 cm with 5-7 lobes, the top with a very sharp point and elongated, the margin of the sheets is double-toothed gear and. fruits have wings almost aligned. There exist more in 1000 cultivars listed

3 Maple subspecies webbed: from left to right, standard Acer palmatum, and amoenum matsumurae. The last Dissectum is a designation that subspecies. There are cultivars with red or green leaves in all subspecies.

• Acer palmatum palmatum
• Acer palmatum amoenum recognizable by its rounded lobes.
• Acer palmatum matsumurae recognizable to the depth of her slender lobes.


Description :
It is a monoecious tree of variable size (5-12 m), some cultivars grow less and look like small shrubs.

Maple webbed

Culture and use :

The Japanese Maple is widely grown by the Japanese, but it is also very popular with gardeners around the world. Due to a high degree of polymorphism, there are nearly a thousand cultivars of different subspecies with significant differences in the shape and color of the leaves, the texture and color of bark and size. Some varieties are often used for bonsai. In Japan, celebrates its transition to autumn colors (koyo) during demonstrations called Momijigari.