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.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
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.
