Records from the Bonsai BenchBotanical Name - Ulmus rubra Common Name - Slippery or red Elm

摘要

As a native tree it can grow to 60 feet with spreading branches forming a broad flat-topped head. The leaves are oblong and very unequal at the base, where the leaf connects to the petiole. Leaves are doubly serrate, of firm texture and very rough above and pubescent beneath, 4-7" long. Flowers are red, form dense clusters close to the branch and appear in early spring along with the ripening seed. A reddish brown pubescence of the bud-scale is very conspicuous in the spring as the buds are unfolding, from which it gets its common name of "Red Elm".