Jacqueline Hillier Elm ~ Ulmus minor 'Jacqueline Hillier'

A very cool miniature garden tree! In life-sized gardens, this wee one is called a shrub, but with a trunk like that, she fits our purposes perfectly as a miniature tree with leaves that are completely in scale too!

NOTE **This Tree is Deciduous: The leaves on the Jacqueline Hillier Elm will turn a golden color in the fall, drop its leaves to show its wonderful armature for the winter months. 

Trim away bottom branches to shape it into a tree-form. Deciduous, leaves will drop in the fall. Faster-growing in the ground.

Watch for scale in the spring, just pluck them off with some gloved hands, scrap it off gently with a knife, or get the kids to do it. Treat the spot with a Q-Tip or cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol.

• Leaves are to scale
• Trees are about 4" to 5" tall right now

• Will grow into a broad canopy
• A popular Bonsai subject
• Faster-growing when planted in-ground

• Full sun to part sun
• Regular water

• Grows 2-4" per year
• Can be pruned easily when dormant to slow down the growth even more 
• Upright broad shape

• Hardy Zones 5 to 8 or -20F 
• Heat zones 8 - 5
• An outdoor plant 

Note: This is a deciduous plant. It will lose its leaves in the fall and come back in the spring when the weather warms up. This is an outdoor plant.