Description

Family: Ulmacées Kind: Zelkova Feature : The Zelkova kind includes several species, the most known and the more used in bonsaï is the Zelkova serrata. In Japan it is, as in Kyoto, a tree of alignment, to the port a few similar to the poplar of which he/it recalls the silhouette. In Europe, one cultivates the Zelkova carpinifolia (10 to 15 m), toothed leaves ; Zelkova pendula (10 to 15 m), whining port ; Zelkova sinica (15 to 20 m) whose peel exfoliates in plates to the adult age; Zelkova verschaffeltii (8 to 10 m) of bushy shape to small leaves; Zelkova goblin (1 m to 1 m 20) in ball. The wood of the Zelkova to the very thin grain, similar to the one of the boxtree is used in joinery and woodwork in Japan.