Glenn,
The tag says Zelkova Schneideriana.......... I can't find it in any book.
Also, it says age:28 years
in trainning for: 24 years
hmmmmm. what do you think?
j in u
---Glenn Park wrote:
In a message dated 2/3/01 7:25:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,
julieg1000@QWEST.NET writes:
Julie:
I can't find this particular tree either. I did find some
interesting sites on the web.
http://www.bonsaiweb.com/info/showarticle.cgi
This has information on care of Zelkova. Use the center scroll down
menu to get to Zelkova.
http://nakahara.ac/e-bonsai/english-page11.htm
This site has many Zelkova bonsai pictures.
I guess the next question is what kind of symptoms are you
experiencing with your plant. Zelkovas, in general, are pretty much pest
free. Scale and spider mites can sometimes be found on them. Growing a tree
as a Bonsai can lead to stresses which can make them more susceptible to pest
attack.
I have never grown a Bonsai very long, usually due to time constraints &
lack of patience. The nomad existence thing again.
The most common problem I see on other folks Bonsai, is watering (lack
of sufficient amounts & over-watering), rarely a pest of some sort. I
remember when I worked at a Nursery in 1961; a customer brought in two 200 +
year old Bonsai they had purchased in Japan. Wanted them potted up again.
They had been fumigated when they came through customs. Dead as dead can be.
Cost them mucho dollars for purchase & shipment. They were very upset, to
put it mildly. When I was at the Denver Botanic Garden, an Asian fellow
brought in a juniper Bonsai for diagnosis as to the reason why it was
completely brown & could he save it? He had placed it on his TV for 6 weeks
with no water. He almost cried when I told him there was no possibility of
it coming back to life.
Glenn ( with his first sunburn (farmer's tan)of the year)
I do not have that variety of Zelkova in my books but other zelkova are
listed as prone to bacterial canker, Dutch elm disease, elm leaf beetle and
horse chestnut scale.
Anne in MA
