Ulmus 'Morton' = Accolade
Accolade elm
Notes:
Resistant to Dutch elm disease, elm yellows, elm leaf miner, and elm leaf beetle; this is the only cultivar out of 19 tested in the ten-year US National Elm Trials to have a survival rate over 90%.
A hybrid of U. japonica and U. wilsoniana.
Sources: Stoecklein, Missouri BG, Cal Poly, Dirr/Warren.
Tags:
attracts:birds (ex-humming)
attracts:mammals
branches break
clay tolerant
dense canopy
drought tolerant
exposure:full sun
exposure:part shade
fall color notable
fast-growing
form:tree
full sun preferred
habit:rounded
habit:vase
long-lived
persistence:deciduous
pollution tolerant
pruning required
roots:high damage potential
roots:shallow
roots:wide-spreading
sandy soil tolerant
type:broadleaf
use:shade tree
use:street
water:regular
wet soil tolerant
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