I like to hear the sound of the wind thru them in the winter and it does exposes much more of the trunk. Also, the limbs out to the smallest twig are attractive with or without their leaves. Its leaves are very prone to dwarfing and the trunk structure can be as simple or as complex as you would like to make it. Any type of elm is excelent for bonsai. They are fairly fast growers and develop a good trunk fast with good taper.
Elms also take well to leaf redution and the leaf is gorgeous when it is small.
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