Chinese Elm Bonsai Indoors

Most indoor tropical bonsai trees prefer temperatures between 60 and 70 degrees fahrenheit.
Chinese elm bonsai indoors. The chinese elm tree is the perfect beginners bonsai because it is easy to care for forgiving and it s easy to predict the growth pattern. Indoor bonsai was made by the western worlds. Again though you have to know exactly what you re doing for this or risk the plant dying. If you do decide to keep your chinese elm bonsai indoors for the whole year it s recommended to have 2 months of colder temperatures for the tree.
These trees can be kept indoors or outdoors as long as the temperature does not go below 20 degrees. To care for it properly keep the tree warm and the soil moist. Chinese elm bonsai is not comfortable with changes in temperature. Elm is considered a deciduous tree.
Chinese elms produce dark green foliage with tiny blue teeth at the tip of each leaf. Keeping it within the right temperature means it can flourish all year round. Indoor bonsai enthusiasts were looked at with disdain. Like most bonsai chinese elms need a lot of light.
Many people grow them indoors in winter and out in the spring and summer. The chinese elm ulmus parvifolia also known as the lacebark elm is among most readily available and most forgiving bonsai trees to work with making it a great choice for beginners. Most imported chinese elm bonsai have been grown in a warm climate southern china. All plants that grow successfully indoors in the west are from the tropics where they grow in the sunshine with heat humidity wind rain and all of the weather patterns.
The plant prefers temperature that is between 65 to 70 degrees fahrenheit. Prune train and repot the bonsai only as needed. The chinese elm has the unique ability among bonsai trees to thrive either indoors or outdoors although it may drop some of its leaves in either situation since it is semi deciduous. In the summer chinese elm trees can be kept outdoors.
However you must remember to bring your bonsai tree indoors when the temperature drops below 60 degrees. Although it can acclimate to winters outdoors it s not a good idea to leave it outdoors during its first winter in a cold climate.