Japanese Elm 20/40cm (Bonsai Bowl)
Zelkova serrata
£21.35
Japanese Elm – Zelkova serrata is an elegant tree that brings year-round beauty to British gardens. With its vase-shaped crown, serrated leaves and eye-catching peeling bark, it’s a perfect choice for those seeking a stunning focal point. The tree offers brilliant seasonal changes, from spring’s lime-green leaves to spectacular autumn colours, whilst being tough and disease-resistant.
- ✓ Stunning Japanese elm with graceful vase-shaped crown and beautiful peeling bark, perfect for creating an elegant focal point in British gardens. Shows lovely autumn colours of yellow and russet red
- ✓ Hardy and disease-resistant tree that thrives in UK conditions, handling urban pollution and various soil types. Ideal replacement for traditional elms with similar elegant appearance
- ✓ Creates wonderful dappled shade with serrated elm-like leaves that start lime-green in spring, deepen to rich green in summer, and provide spectacular autumn colour display
- ✓ Low-maintenance tree with year-round interest - spring leaves, summer shade, autumn colours and attractive winter bark. Perfect for lawn specimens or garden focal points
- ✓ Quality UK grown stock from Yarrow Gardens - DEFRA Registered Supplier
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Japanese Elm – Zelkova serrata is a truly magnificent tree that brings a touch of Eastern elegance to British gardens. Its graceful vase-shaped crown and beautiful bark make it a standout choice for any garden setting.
The tree puts on a brilliant show throughout the year. In spring, the fresh lime-green leaves emerge, creating a soft, welcoming canopy. These leaves are serrated and elm-like, turning to a deep green in summer, providing lovely dappled shade below. The autumn display is particularly special, with leaves changing to stunning shades of yellow, orange and russet red.
One of the most appealing features is its attractive bark, which peels in subtle patches to reveal orange-brown patches beneath the grey outer layer. As the tree matures, this bark pattern becomes more pronounced, adding winter interest when the leaves have fallen.
Despite its exotic origins, this tree is perfectly suited to British gardens. It’s remarkably tough and adaptable, handling both urban pollution and varying soil types with ease. It’s also resistant to Dutch elm disease, making it a brilliant alternative to our native elms.
The Japanese Elm grows at a steady pace and can be easily maintained at a manageable garden size through light pruning. It works brilliantly as a focal point in lawns, provides lovely dappled shade for seating areas, and fits wonderfully in both traditional and modern garden designs.
Season of Interest
Spring, Summer, Autumn
Sunlight
Partial Sun
Pot Size
9cm
Foliage
Deciduous
Foliage Colour
Green
Hardiness
-15°C to -10°C (H5)
When MatureWatering
Moderate
Preferred Soil Type
Any well drained soil
Delivery
Yarrow Gardens aim to have your order with you in fastest time possible and safest method of transport. Dependent on the parcel size and geographical destination in mind with will select the most suitable courier.
You are welcome to collect any times from our nursery in Euxton, Lancashire. Please contact us to arrange a suitable date and time.
With regret, we can no longer send items out to Northern Ireland. All live plants need a phytosanitary checks and DAERA must be notified. This process is simply too expensive at the moment.
Returns
In the rare instance that your item has been damaged during delivery or incorrectly shipped by us, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss the return and replacement of your item.
Once you have contacted us and we have confirmation that your parcel is on its way back to us we will be happy to issue a refund for the return postage.
| Delivery Class | Delivery Cost | |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | |
| Royal Mail Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £1.32 (Flat) | |
| Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Tracked | £3.25 (Flat) | |
| Royal Mail Large Letter - Royal Mail Second Class | £2.10 (Flat) | |
| Standard Items - Standard Courier (APC) | £10.74 (Flat) | This item |
| Standard Items - Standard Courier (Evri) | £5.99 (Flat) | This item |
| Medium Items - Standard Courier (APC) | £13.14 (Flat) | |
| Medium Items - Standard Courier (APC/-1| | £11.94 (Flat) | |
| Large Items (Heavy or +1.4m) - Pallet Courier | £108.00 (Flat) | |
| Large Items (Heavy or +1.4m) - Standard Courier (APC) | £29.94 (Flat) | |
| Pallet Courier - Pallet Courier | £96.00 (Flat) |
We are a small family business based in Euxton, West Lancashire. We specialise in the supply of trees, shrubs both bare root & cell grown. Much of our stock is grown directly on site from seed or cuttings. Other stock is all UK sourced where possible.
We adhere to industry leading biosecurity measures, this ensures that our nursery remains clean and disease free.
We are DEFRA registered and our nursery is regularly inspected to confirm compliance with all current plant and plant health regulations.
Our Plant Passport Registration Number is GB140010
You can view our Plant Healthy report here.
We are actively working towards the Grown in Britain certification along with the Plant Healthy certification.
Should you have any concern or question in respect of our plant health matters, please get in touch.
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