Wingham Elm Trees

Wingham Elm Trees

This highly Dutch Elm Disease (DED) resistant Elm is a large, fast-growing variety. It may be the closest thing we will ever see to a resurrection of the Elm landscapes of yesteryear.
Once mature, Wingham Elms will provide a large, fairly upright canopy of mid-green, oval-shaped leaves.
It flowers from an early age, and in good conditions can grow up to 7m high in 10 years.

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Features:

• Probably the most Dutch Elm Disease resistant cultivar available
• Upright habit
• Requires rich, fertile, moist soil to thrive.
• Wind resistant, very hardy, tolerates urban pollution
• RHS Plants for Pollinators
• Pot grown
• To over 12 metres

Growing Wingham Elms

Elms naturally love a moist, fertile soil close to a water source. But they were also widespread street trees, so they will grow in pretty much anything, and are practically immune to urban pollution.

Growth rate will be a bit disappointing on chalky soil, but as long as it has plenty of sun and mulch it will get there eventually!

In dry soils, Elms need extra help to establish:

• We normally recommend you water a new tree well in its first Summer, and during long dry spells in its second.
• With Elms, we would water well in Summer for 2 years, then in dry spells in year 3.
• Mulch is always recommended, doubly so with Elms. If your soil is poor, we recommend a rich mulch of manure.