Wolle: I am not familiar with the terms you are using, "continuous or
dissolving." However, the natural growing habit of the Chinese elm (and most
other elms) is what we call in bonsai the broom or besom style. That is an
upright trunk which then spreads into a multitude of upward spreading of
branches. This resembles an inverted broom, hence the term broom style. The
Japanese name for this style is hooki-zukuri. For directions on how to
create this style, consult John Naka's Bonsai Techniques I, pp. 137-139.
Alan Walker
http://bonsai-bci.com http://LCBSBonsai.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Wolfram Kretzschmar

Hi everybody,
As I'm from Germany I will get directly to the problem. I have a new
seedling (I think you know what I mean), which is of chinese elm kind. Now I
wanted to know, whether the trunk is continuous or dissolving.

Excuse me if my English, as it's a very special problem, isn't that
correct...
Bye
Wolle

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