Features:
Deciduous, Potted
Growth Stage:
Seedling
Color:
Green, White
Climate:
Humid Continental, Humid Subtropical, Temperate
Sunlight:
Full Sun, Low Sun, Medium Sun
MPN:
Does not apply
Genus:
Ulmus
Foliage:
Broadleaf
Indoor/Outdoor:
Outdoor
Common Name:
Chinese Elm

USDA ZONE 4-9

A small to medium deciduous, semi-deciduous (rarely semi-evergreen) tree growing to 10–18 m (33–59 ft) tall and 15–20 m (49–66 ft) wide with a slender trunk and crown. The leathery, lustrous green single-toothed leaves are small, 2–5 cm long by 1–3 cm broad, and often retained as late as December or even January in Europe and North America. The apetalous wind-pollinated perfect flowers are produced in early autumn, small and inconspicuous. The fruit is a samara, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 10–13 mm long by 6–8 mm broad. The samara is mostly glabrous, the seed at the centre or toward the apex, borne on a stalk 1–3 mm in length; it matures rapidly and disperses by late autumn. The trunk has a handsome, flaking bark of mottled greys with tans and reds, giving rise to its other common name, the lacebark elm.