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Zelkova serrata |
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Japanese Zelkova |
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Japan |
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Upright, gracefully
vase-shaped, with wide spreading, ascending
branches. |
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50-80 feet tall with a similar
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Plants are polygamo-monoecious . |
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Flowers are not
showy, opening in April-May. |
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Leaves are alternate, simple,
ovate, 1-2 inches long, with an acuminate tip,
margins are sharply serrate, with acuminate
teeth, appearing almost crenate. |
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Fall color is yellowish-orange
to a deep maroon red, usually quite showy. |
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Bark is mottled, exfoliating in
combinations of green gray, orange and brown - similar to
Ulmus parvifolia. |
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Fruit is a small drupe ripening in October |
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‘Autumn Glow’- Well proportioned head, good leaf texture,
deep purple fall color.
‘Green Vase’- Vase shaped with upright arching branches,
very vigorous,
orange-brown to bronze-red fall color.
‘Parkview’- Good vase-shape.
‘Spring Grove- Vase-shaped form with arching
branches that appear slightly stiffer than ‘Green Vase’.
‘Variegata’- Narrow white rim around the margin of
the leaf; might be a good bonsai subject.
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