Zelkova × verschaffeltii red followed by an eye-catching crop

followed by an eye-catching crop of small

slightly blue-green beneath

Green cones that mature to brown over two years

and producing a profusion of white flowers in April

Pair with evergreens or other dogwoods

Zelkova × verschaffeltii red followed by an eye-catching cropNamed after the Belgian botanist Ambroise Verschaffelt, the cut leaf zelkova is a beautiful hybrid between the Japanese zelkova and Caucasian elm with deeply incised leaflets. It shares the graceful wide spreading habit of its parents as well as their stunning bronze red, to yellow and orange. Adaptable and tolerant of heat, little water, nutrient poor soils and various pH. H6