Ulmus parvifolia ‘Chinese Elm’
Used widely in street plantings, Ulmus parvifolia or ‘Chinese Elm’ is also suited for use in commercial landscaping as well as in home gardens. Is available in a number of sizes from wholesale growers ready for you landscaping project.
The ‘Chinese Elm’ is most widely used as a semi-deciduous shade tree growing to 10 – 20m depending on conditions.
A nice rounded crown and smooth bark make this a great street tree or shade tree in a larger garden.
With a moderate growth rate over time most cultivars will reach around 15m in height with a broad spreading crown to around the same.
Flowers are insignificant, green followed by small fruit. The bark is an attractive feature often with a mosaic or snake skinned pattern grey with orange and brown.
Landscaping Uses
As this is tree that does not cast deep shade they are useful in a range of situation where they can be under-planted with smaller shrubs and will allow a lawn to grow beneath them.
Used widely as street trees as well as in parks and gardens a number of named cultivars are worth considering.
Ulmus parvifolia varieties
- Ulmus parvifolia ‘Todd’ has a more compact growth habit reaching around 10 – 12m over time depending on conditions.
- Ulmus parvifolia ‘Frosty’ has slightly variegated foliage and perhaps more attractive bark than the species, available as a 6ft grafted standard..
- U. parvifolia ‘Burnley Select’ is another smaller growing form usually to around 10m.
- U. parvifolia ‘Murray’s Form’ good open canopy and reaching around 10m, not as widely available as other forms.
Suppliers Include
111 Stanhope Road Theresa Park NSW 2570
Offering a variety of sun hardy Australian natives and exotic trees, shrubs, groundcover's and perennials from semi advanced through to super advanced and semi-mature stock.
www.downesnursery.com.au
1750 Westernport Rd Heath Hill VIC 3981
Australias largest grower of semi advanced native and deciduous trees. .9 - 2.6mts high. Supplying councils, developers and landscapers. Includes Acacia implexa, acacia melanoxlylon.
www.dream-time.com.au
Carey Gully, Adelaide Hills.
Family business selling a large range of deciduous trees in pots 1-4m high. Crepe myrtle specialist. Includes Ornamental pears & plums, Red maples, Japanese maples, Gingko, Cercis, Ash, Birch, Crab apples, Weeping cherries, Gleditsia, Liquidambar and more. Hedging plants, evergreen trees & fruit trees.
www.adelaidetreefarm.com.au
"Propagation and Production of Native and Exotic Trees
with Natural Root Systems from 2 to 2,000 lts."
www.njrivett.com.au
email ask@plantmark.com.au
One of Australia's largest wholesale trade nurseries. Over 30,000 species available, tubestock to advanced trees, an almost unlimited choice of plants.
www.plantmark.com.au