PlantsTrees
American Elm
Ulmus americana
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
The street tree, if you buy a resistant one
ModerateTrees
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 60–80 ft
- Spacing
- A parkway that can take a vase-shaped crown
- Bloom or harvest
- Insignificant flowers
- How it spreads
- Large tree
- What to buy
- Princeton, Valley Forge, or Accolade. Not a seedling from the woods.
- When to plant
- Apr or Sep
In the design
Dutch elm disease is why the old ones died. Only a resistant cultivar belongs on a client’s parkway. It still gets big.
