Plant: Lacebark / Chinese Elm Tree
Elm Tree · Ulmus parvifolia
Size: 2" caliper
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More about this plant
A deciduous shade tree reaching 40 to 50 feet tall and 35 to 50 feet wide, with a dense, erect to vase shaped crown and fine textured glossy dark green leaves 1 to 2.5 inches long that turn yellow, purple or reddish in fall. Bark exfoliates in irregular mottled patterns, exposing lighter brown, tan, gray, olive and cinnamon beneath for year round interest. Insignificant reddish green flowers are followed by small papery winged samaras in fall and winter. It takes full sun or partial shade in clay, loam or sand at any pH and tolerates drought, salt, wet soil and urban conditions.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 50 ft tall and 50 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5b-10a
- Deciduous foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
A deciduous shade tree reaching 40 to 50 feet tall and 35 to 50 feet wide, with a dense, erect to vase shaped crown and fine textured glossy dark green leaves 1 to 2.5 inches long that turn yellow, purple or reddish in fall. Bark exfoliates in irregular mottled patterns, exposing lighter brown, tan, gray, olive and cinnamon beneath for year round interest. Insignificant reddish green flowers are followed by small papery winged samaras in fall and winter. It takes full sun or partial shade in clay, loam or sand at any pH and tolerates drought, salt, wet soil and urban conditions.
- Flowers
- Flowers are insignificant and reddish green, appearing in late spring, summer or fall.
- Foliage
- Leaves are dark green, simple, alternate, elliptic to obovate, 1 to 2.5 inches long and 0.5 to 1.5 inches wide, glossy and smooth, turning yellow, purple or reddish in fall.
- Fruit
- A light brown, oblong, flattened, papery winged samara about 0.5 inches long.
- Bark & stems
- Bark exfoliates in irregular patterns and is mottled, exposing lighter bark below in shades of brown, tan, gray, olive and cinnamon.
- Native range
- Northern to Central China, Japan, and Korea
