Ulmus pumila 'Mauro' Formal having been cultivated to feed

having been cultivated to feed silkworms for silk production for over four thousand years

The smooth

A form of our native hornbeam differing mainly in its tightly ascending branching habit

The foliage is that of the species

In autumn the foliage turns a handsome orange-red to purplish-brown

Ulmus pumila 'Mauro' Formal having been cultivated to feedA weeping selection of the Siberian elm, characterised by dark green, narrow elliptic lanceolate leaves, lustrous above and hairy beneath. Green, inconspicuous flowers appear on bare brances in spring, followed by rounded, winged fruit. Adaptable to drought, cold and poor, dry soils. Resistant to Dutch elm disease and tolerates polution and salt. H7