| Description | An English Elm cultivar with golden yellow leaves in the spring changing to green as the season progresses. As with many Elm species Dutch Elm disease has limited it's use in the landscape. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-6 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Fruit | winged seeds up to an inch long (samaras), can be produced in abundance |
| Leaves | simple, alternate doubly serrated, ovate to broad-elliptic yellow in spring changing to green |
| Maintenance | As with many Elms it suffers from the Dutch Elm disease which has limited it's use in the landscape. |
| Cultivar Origin | Ulmus procera var viminalis 'Aurea' is a hybrid cultivar from the crossing U. minor subsp. minor × U. minor var. plotii. Produced before 1866 by Rosseel of Louvain. |
| Author's Notes | In the spring as the leaves emerge they are a very bright yellow. Very showy. |
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