1. Prune branches:
You can use scissors or pruning shears to trim branches and cut off excess parts to make the crown shape more tidy.
2. Plasticity:
Wrap metal wire or plastic bracket around the trunk or branch to shape the tree according to the design intention.
3. Ice modeling:
When the weather is cold in winter, water below zero is poured to turn the water into ice to form a beautiful sculpture effect, but this method needs to pay attention to protecting trees from harm.
4. Bonsai modeling:
Small elm trees can be used for modeling in bonsai, and pruning branches can adjust the modeling. At the same time, auxiliary materials such as pots, stones and moss can be used to make the whole bonsai more beautiful.
It should be noted that when modeling small elm trees, it is necessary to protect the health of the trees without causing damage to them. At the same time, it is necessary to consider the variety characteristics and growth environment of trees in order to choose the appropriate modeling method.
Elm is introduced as follows:
Elm (elm? L.), a deciduous arbor plant of Ulmus in Ulmaceae. The bark of young trees is smooth, and the epidermis of big trees is dark gray; Winter buds are nearly spherical or ovoid; The leaves are oval and oval, and the leaves are smooth and hairless. When young, the back of leaves is pubescent, and the surface of petiole is pubescent. Samara is almost round; The flowering and fruiting period is from March to June.
Shuowen: "Yu, Yan. From wood, Yu Yu. " Yu is a canoe, and elm is a good material for canoeing, so the words "wood" and "Yu" mean that elm is a canoeing tree species, hence the name.
Morphological characteristics:
Deciduous trees, 25 meters high, DBH 1 m, grow into shrubs on arid and barren land; The bark of young trees is smooth, grayish brown or light gray, and the bark of big trees is dark gray, irregular, deep and rough; Branchlets are glabrous or hairy, yellowish gray, brownish gray or gray, sparsely brownish yellow or yellow, with scattered lenticels, no expanded cork layer, and raised cork wings.
Winter buds are nearly spherical or ovoid, the back of bud scales is hairless, and the edge of inner bud scales is white villous. The leaves are elliptic-ovate, oblong-ovate, elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-8 cm long and 1.2-3.5 cm wide.