My red Chinese Elm seedling...

[Timbo]

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Really nice, never seen those.

 

[miker]

I frequently saw Catlin elms with nice red fall color like that after spells of chilly weather when I lived in Orlando.

 

[JudyB]

Pretty nice for elm fall color. How do those variegated varieties stand up to normal elms for diseases? I know that some variegated plants are not so hardy.

 

[JosephCooper]

You'll get some prized specimens from those!

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Pretty nice for elm fall color. How do those variegated varieties stand up to normal elms for diseases? I know that some variegated plants are not so hardy.

They seem to me to be every bit as hardy as any other type of Chinese elm...

 

[CWTurner]

Hey, @Bonsai Nut that must be an elm in your avatar, the way its growing so fast!
BTW, Did you create that avatar yourself?
CW

 

[milehigh_7]

Yes, I impulsively bought some elms on clearance... In other news, they are 'true green' (ulmus parvifolia) which is a variety that was developed to be closer to "evergreen" than the species. I took this pic at night and the color washed out but you can see a nice orange and they did have more red than it appears in the pic. I wanted to post this in case someone is still tracking fall coloration of elms.

 

[Cajunrider]

Yes, I impulsively bought some elms on clearance... In other news, they are 'true green' (ulmus parvifolia) which is a variety that was developed to be closer to "evergreen" than the species. I took this pic at night and the color washed out but you can see a nice orange and they did have more red than it appears in the pic. I wanted to post this in case someone is still tracking fall coloration of elms.


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This is exactly the same color I get for the leaves of my Chinese elms in the winter.

 

[AZbonsai]

I didn't want to oversell this post, but I have an interesting Chinese elm seedling. About 18 months ago I was gifted some seeds from a variegated Chinese elm in Ohio, and one of my seedlings, in addition to showing leaf variegation, showed amazing red color in the Fall / Winter.

I am hoping the characteristic holds true in future years. I have tons of Chinese elms sitting right next to this one - and none of them show bright red in the Fall.

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Shoot I wish I had taken a picture. I just defoliated my forest Chinese elm last night and it also had very red leaves on one of the trees. I happened to be defoliating at our weekly PBS meeting and several other members commented on how red it was. Interesting.

 

[ConorDash]

Yeh my standard Chinese Elm go these colours, when they are JUST CANT decide whether to drop leaves, every year.. You can see them just debating it for ages.

DSC_0043 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr
DSC_0040 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr

 

[DayDrunk]

If anybody’s got a cutting or two (rooted or not) of these red leaf elms I’d gladly throw a few Miller Lites your way for them.

 

[rollwithak]

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