LaceBark Elm plantings

[Estebandito]

New development going in here in Denver...looking for feedback about LaceBark elm success in crusher fine area type plantings.

There is a limited amount of this species here and was curious if anyone in the country has any experience with this tree.

The one local street tree or ROW planting that I am aware of does not show damage from the local usual suspects of elm damage that we see here in the Mile High including Euro Elm Scale, Flea Weevil, and elm leaf beetle.

Are there other pests or diseases that may hit the lacebark.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[guymayor]

Not sure what crusher fine area means. I have 3 lacebarks along the road, and 1000's of seedlings, annually.

species is well adapted to street life in NC, and overplanted as a result.

 

[Babberney]

In austin, it is weedy bordering on invasive. I find it to be brittle and weak and don't like it much. I am not aware of any notable pest problems.

 

[zale]

In my area they are easily damaged by snow and ice events. Seedlings grow everywhere!

 

[macrocarpa]

I agree with all of the above. I don't get excited about planting lacebarks, but I will say they seem to be drought & crap soil tollerant. Trying to grow native shade trees in clay landscape islands with the summer heat and drought we've been having is rough. Our city forester is talking about doing more air knife and soil enhancement work in these islands which I think would help a lot.

 

[guymayor]

Here's the west wall of a grocery store. No seedlings noted in that bed--good layer of tripleshredded mulch helps that issue, if indeed it would be an issue. Kohlreuteria will send up thickets of seedlings everywhere in some landscapes but not others. Eleagnus is supposed to be bad but the E umbellata never volunteers that I have seen here.

Anyway if the elms just get 1 pruning a decade they will be 1/10 as likely to have branch failures. Those are unofficial numbers, pulled out of my aspirations for accurate guessing.