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Ulmaceae
Saw-leaf zelkova
Zelkova serrata
Also known as Ulmus keaki, Corchorus serratus, Abelicea hirta, Zelkova serrata var. tarokoensis
Native Plants · Deciduous Tree · Shade Tree · Bonsai · Japanese Elm · Urban Tree · Autumn Color · Landscape · Drought Tolerant Once Established · Zelkova
Zelkova serrata is a tough, adaptable shade tree that thrives in full sun to part shade with regular watering during its first few years. Once established, it is highly drought-tolerant and requires minimal intervention beyond occasional pruning for shape. It is an excellent low-maintenance landscape tree prized for its graceful vase-shaped form and stunning autumn color.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Deep water at the root zone; allow soil to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days during establishment; mature trees are largely self-sufficient
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 6–6.9
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 240 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, New York, Taiwan
- Attracts
- Birds, Bees
Sources: trefle
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