Our second Water-elm hunt of the season happened today. This is the biggest specimen that came home with us (trunk base over 3″). Here’s one view of the tree before it got re-chopped top and bottom.
I’m not sure which front is going to be best. What do you think?
I’ve been trying to find a nice raft-style specimen for a few years now. I think this is a good candidate.
And finally for today, this is a smaller specimen but isn’t the character just terrific. Not to mention that it’s going to be an exposed root bonsai once the buried roots are visible again. Let me know what you think of these.
Hi Zach
Great looking trees, could the root ball on these by wrapped in sphagnum moss and they be shipped bare root right after collection? I would love to have a couple to add to my stock but have yet to come across any here in coastal SC.
Kyle, I emailed you separately on this. I don’t ship trees right after collection, as I can’t guarantee safe arrival and growth for any newly collected specimen. I can and do ship trees in nursery containers once they’re well-rooted. It’s possible that some of these Water-elms will be stable this fall.
Water-elms grow in swampy areas across the south.
I like them, where do you collect these