Why Plant New Horizon Elm?
New Horizon Elm was developed as part of a breeding program to restore the elm’s prominence in North American landscapes. By combining Asian elm toughness with a form inspired by the iconic American Elm, it brings both beauty and resilience to today’s gardens and streetscapes. Its upright vase shape and vigorous growth rate make it a practical and attractive shade tree. Most importantly, it was bred to resist the devastating Dutch elm disease that decimated elm populations in the last century. With New Horizon, you can once again enjoy the classic elm look, without the worries.
How to use New Horizon Elm in the landscape?
New Horizon Elm is a versatile choice for home and community landscapes where quick shade and structure are needed. Its uniform vase shape and medium height make it ideal for lining driveways, streets, and boulevards, where it echoes the timeless look of elm-lined avenues. In residential settings, it can be planted as a centerpiece shade tree in the front yard, or to anchor large outdoor living spaces. Its tolerance of challenging urban conditions, including compacted soil, air pollution, and road salt, makes it especially valuable in city environments.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.
