Ulmus 'Sapporo Autumn Gold'
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Ulmus 'Sapporo Autumn Gold' is one of the most commercially successful hybrid elm cultivars ever marketed, widely planted across North America and western Europe, although it has now been largely supp
'Sapporo Autumn Gold' at Antella, Florence, believed to be the largest in Europe.
Bark of 30-year-old tree
Foliage
Coastal tree, Mude-ford, UK, felled 2017 (storm damage)
Ulmus pumila
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Ulmus pumila, the Siberian elm, is a tree native to Asia. It is also known as the Asiatic elm and dwarf elm, but sometimes mistakenly called the "Chinese" elm. U. pumila has been widely cultivated thr
Ulmus 'Sapporo Autumn Gold'
…Europe, although it has now been largely supplanted by more recent introductions. Arising from a chance crossing of the Japanese elm (female parent) and Siberian elm, seed was sent in 1958 by Prof. Nobuku Takahashi and his colleagues at the Sapporo Botanical Garden of Hokkaido University, Sapporo, to Eugene Smalley…
Image Ulmus pumila in Gobi Desert
Bark (Korea)
Stump showing rapid stem diameter increase (>40 millimetres (1+1⁄2 in) per annum)
Summer foliage