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Hey everyone!
So, my mother purchased a Chinese Elm back in November and from what she's told me, the tree was not doing much of anything until about three months ago when it started to slowly drop it's leaves. Fast forward to mid March at which point there wasn't a single leaf remaining. I was at her house two weeks ago and I noticed the tree and since my mom is usually WILDLY successful at growing ANYTHING, I asked her about it's current state. She was obviously frustrated by the whole scenario and she said I was more than welcome to take it off her hands. Honestly, I think she just wanted it out of her house. I've always wanted to delve into the bonsai "world" so I did take the tree home with me and I even built a little shelf for it out of necessity since all of my other houseplants already occupy every possible square inch of window space.



I live in Wilmington, Delaware and the shelf faces southeast and gets adequate sunlight. Not full on sun though, since I have a few large, mature trees in my front yard. The first week in it's new home the tree revealed nothing, good or bad. I went out of town for a few days and when I returned home on Wednesday...voilà! Progress!



I wasn't expecting the growth to appear where it did but truth be told, I wasn't expecting anything really. I was just happy to know that it wasn't dead. So, I'm wondering. Where do I go from here? Since the growth occurred that low on the tree and nothing at all on the limbs higher up where the previous leaves once were, I'm a little thrown off. Do I tend to this new growth already or just let it play out? Should I trim back some of the finer limbs toward the top of the tree? Any and all guidance is well appreciated! Thanks in advance and I'm excited to be a part of the community!

For the moment, let it grow.

Identical topic:

www.bonsaiempire.com/forum/help-me/12994...tree-dead-at-the-top

Trees belong outside, that is what slowly killed it at your mams house. I would get it outside asap ( baby steps,first shade, then a bit of morning sun and so on).
Everything above the new growth is probably dead, i would chop it off .... so you have more than enough time ( about 15 years or so) to get into the bonsai world and learn all what needs to be learned