STATUESQUE CHARM AND UNIQUE FALL COLOR
FEATURES:
- The vase-shaped canopy puts on a unique display of burgundy - almost purple leaves for fall
- Fast-growing and reliable tree; very disease and pest resistant
- Less raking! The small fine-textured leaves make fall clean up a breeze!
- Smooth-textures grey bark adds to the winter interest
- Excellent shade tree
- Hand selected fresh from the Grower
- Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box
Bower & Branch Landscape Design Tip
Plant Frontier Elm in full sun and well-drained soil for the best color and growth. It pairs beautifully with ornamental grasses, flowering trees, and evergreens for seasonal variety. Its upright, vase-shaped canopy makes it ideal for spaces where shade is desired without heavy coverage. Consider placing it near patios, pathways, or entryways to enjoy its vivid fall display up close.
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-10
- Mature Height: 30-40' tall
- Mature Width: 20-30' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun
- Spacing: 20-50' apart
Frontier Elm
Bower & Branch Trees and Plants
Ulmus carpinifolia x U. parvifolia 'Frontier'
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STATUESQUE CHARM AND UNIQUE FALL COLOR
FEATURES:
- The vase-shaped canopy puts on a unique display of burgundy - almost purple leaves for fall
- Fast-growing and reliable tree; very disease and pest resistant
- Less raking! The small fine-textured leaves make fall clean up a breeze!
- Smooth-textures grey bark adds to the winter interest
- Excellent shade tree
- Hand selected fresh from the Grower
- Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box
Bower & Branch Landscape Design Tip
Plant Frontier Elm in full sun and well-drained soil for the best color and growth. It pairs beautifully with ornamental grasses, flowering trees, and evergreens for seasonal variety. Its upright, vase-shaped canopy makes it ideal for spaces where shade is desired without heavy coverage. Consider placing it near patios, pathways, or entryways to enjoy its vivid fall display up close.
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-10
- Mature Height: 30-40' tall
- Mature Width: 20-30' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun
- Spacing: 20-50' apart
Why plant Frontier Elm?
Spritely and sporadic Frontier Elms are the trees you don't want to miss out on. These trees have a compact and narrow pyramidal form with branches that look like they are having a bad hair day! These crazy branches are coated with glossy green leaves that turn into a reddish-purple in the fall! These trees are major eye candy all year-round! The grey smooth-textured bark compliments the winter scene quite well! You'll also be very pleased to know—these trees are rather low maintenance as they are very adaptable and tolerant of cold, heat, and some drought! You literally cannot go wrong with this wonderful specimen. Frontier Elms also give off beautiful shade that goes perfectly with a summer days breeze; making taking a break in the summer sun you favorite activity!
This tree is one for the books! Developed in the 1970s by A.M Townsend as a hybrid between a Lacebark Elm and the Smoothleaf Elm.
How to use Frontier Elm in the landscape?
These naturally hardy hybrids look good just about anywhere! Create a living sculpture with these spritely trees! They look great planted as a single specimen as any focal point, anchoring a planting bed, they also mix very well with others for a colorful mass planting. Partner these interesting trees with other deciduous trees or evergreens. These trees also provide lots of wonderful shade for your landscape! Add these to your landscape or street for shading purposes.
How To Plant Frontier Elm
Always remember, a stress-free tree is a happy healthy tree! These trees are a breath of fresh air with how low maintenance they are! They are highly adaptable to many soil types, as long as they are well-draining. Frontier Elms are huge fans of the sun, so keep them somewhere they can reach it. Plant your Frontiers somewhere where they can have great air circulation and have the ability to grow into their full height and width comfortably.
How To Water
Young Frontier Elms will need a medium amount of water during their first season just to get them situated and comfortable. Continue to give supplemental water to your tree during times of drought as they are not completely drought tolerant.
How To Prune
Prune your Frontier Elm in the early spring to remove the dead and diseased branches and to clean up the trees canopy. Plant your pruning strategically to get the most benefits from your tree.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frontier Elm stands out for its exceptional fall color, showing shades of purple and red that are rarely seen in elms. It also offers strong disease resistance and a refined, upright shape.
Frontier Elm grows at a moderate rate, typically adding 12 to 18 inches per year. It forms a graceful canopy that develops naturally without frequent pruning.
Yes. Frontier Elm was specifically bred for resistance to Dutch elm disease and also shows strong tolerance to other common elm problems like elm leaf beetle.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
Our Guarantees
3-YEAR-TREE GUARANTEE:
Bower & Branch offers a Three-Year Tree Guarantee on all of our trees, sizes X-Large and up. Only the finest and the most experienced growers are awarded the opportunity to grow for Bower & Branch, so we offer the best guarantee available.
If your tree(s) should fail for any reason during the three-year guarantee period, you will receive an online gift card in the amount that you originally spent on the tree.* You can then use this online gift card for any Bower & Branch Purchase.
* Bower & Branch provides online gift cards in the amount of the original purchase price of the tree(s). The amount does not include any additional costs such as delivery, planting, tax, or any other products or services. Online gift cards can be applied towards any Bower & Branch purchase on BowerandBranch.com and have no expiration dates. Bower & Branch does not guarantee tree replacement or availability of any desired product at any time. Cash refunds are not offered. Bower & Branch requires that all original tags and receipts are present when a guarantee request is initiated. The Bower & Branch Three-Year Guarantee only applies to plant material that has been planted in the ground. Container plantings are NOT covered.
At Bower & Branch, we do our best to honor all guarantee fulfillment requests to ensure customer satisfaction. However, we reserve the right to refuse the request if the required guarantee steps were not satisfied. Bower & Branch also reserves the right to deny any guarantee fulfillment request that is made as a result of animal damage, problems with plant hardiness and zone issues, or acts of nature (snow storms, hurricanes, and similar).
Reach out to a Plant Whisperer with any questions:
- Email: plantwhisperers@bowerandbranch.com
- Phone: 866-873-3888
- Or via Online Chat
