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This English elm was collected from a local car park where it languished amongst heaps of rubbish and old tyres in 1994. I had read that deadwood has no place in deciduous bonsai but just had to give this stump a chance.
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(Green leaves) By 2000 the branches were forming up very well. The deadwood areas are all natural. Work consisted of using a wire brush on a flex shaft to remove all of the rotten areas before preserving with teak oil. The trunk is a maze of passageways all interconnecting.
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Autumn 2002. The tree has settled very well, tertiary branching is forming nicely. The final pot is by Walsall Studio. A slight change of front is planned for 2003.
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The tree in summer 2004
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Summer 2007 after fine wiring and new leaf growth
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Mature summer image 2007
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Trunk detail
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Nearly 15 years together
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Autumn colour 2007
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After a great few years on the show circuit and spots in various magazines and books I foolishly sold this tree, I had a mortgage to pay off and it helped a little. I regretted this decision but eventually got over myself until 2025 when I got a call and an email from a stranger who had come by the tree somehow. This is the tragic result, still alive but not repotted since I sold it over a decade ago. I’m heart-broken folk think this is okay. But at least it’s still (barely) alive and so let's hope the new owner has a modicum more respect than the last dullard who trampled my dreams.
