Re: [IBC] Chinese Elm...Indoor or outdoor?

I've grown these as garden trees and as bonsai (many years ago - alas
don't have any just now).
In SE Oz they grew well outdoors always, although never showing a complete
dormancy - rather sort of semi-deciduous. I would have thought light may
be a problem indoors though, because they never complained no matter how
much Oz sun they got, as long as there was a little water to compensate.
But they never flinched at the occasional frost either.
Now that I think about it I must start looking for one or two ;-)

Cheers

Rob in the Land of Oz
(mostly in the twilight zone these days)

> I have a couple I keep outdoors all year (Bristol, UK), and they go
> through the full dormancy cycle, I also have a couple I kept on the
> kitchen windowsill (SE facing), which were equally happy but never went
> into dormancy. This year I've put the 'indoor' ones outside for the
> winter to give them a bit of a rest and they will probably stay out
> next year with the others.
>
> They are pretty tolerant plants, which is why they (sometimes) survive
> the boat from Korea to neglected supermarket shelves. They will tend to
> put on more growth and be generally happier outside because of the
> greater light availability. But they will survive indoors if they get
> enough light and water.
>
> Sean.
>
> "Stevie Boy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> [SNIP]
>> "> > Hi everyone. I have 2 or 3 bonsai but I have never had a Chinese
>> elm before
>> > > and so decided to get one.
>> what I need to know is this an indoor or outdoor bonsai. I live in
>> England and at the store it was
>> > > labelled as an indoor bonsai and was kept indoors
>>
>> Here in England Chinese elms are always labelled indoor bonsai due to
> their
>> origins of sub tropical climes.
>> Temperatures in the UK are naturally less than what is found in
>> southern China. During winter particularly so.
>>
>> Many are bought and nurtured as indoor bonsai. I suspect if you want
>> to go this way they will survive happily if kept in a bright lit
>> window.
>>
>> However if we continue to get summers like this years I'm sure they
>> would revel the outside life. Whether they are hardy enough to stand
>> our chilly sub 10C winters I dont know. There are many more
>> experienced people here than I to answer that.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
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