| Scientific Name: | Ulmus glabra (pendulous cvs.) |
| Common Name: | Scotch elm |
| Family Name: | Ulmaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Pendulous, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Round, Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Mixed shrub border, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Street (boulevard tree) |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Rugose, Oblong, Obovate, Double serrate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Green, Red, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Samara, Green-yellow, Green, Bronze, Apr-May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, simple, broadly oblong-obovate, most blades 7-15cm long x 2-7cm wide; margin coarsely and sharply doubly serrate, bases conspicuously uneven, lower surface downy, petiole <1cm long; samaras oval, ~2.5cm long x 1.5cm wide, notched at apex. Winter ID: twigs green to reddish-brown with grey pubescence; buds ovate, most 4-9mm long, reddish brown with darker edged scales; leaf scars oval, off-centred, flower buds globular, ~5mm wide. | |