Zelkova sinica seed Chinese Zelkova
LATIN NAME: Zelkova sinica
COMMON NAME: Chinese Zelkova
The Chinese zelkova is the clean, grey trunk of the old garden, and the small, green leaves turn into the fine, orange-red flames of the autumn. The upright, deciduous tree carries the smooth, grey bark with the fine, peeling patches and the small, oval, sharply toothed leaves, one of the fine, bold sights of the autumn garden, with the inconspicuous, greenish flowers hidden among the leaves. The tree is a fine, historic presence of the old garden and the fine street. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Chinese zelkova is a historic subject of the plant science, and the clean trunks keep showing up in the work on the elm relatives. The way the tree stands the hard city conditions and keeps the clean, peeling bark has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the urban trees, the elm-family trees and the members of the elm family. The small, oval, sharply toothed leaves and the upright habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the Chinese zelkova is a regular subject of the work on the clean grey trunks of the cool world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The Chinese zelkova is a fine, historic tree of the old garden and the fine street. The small, oval, sharply toothed leaves turn into the fine, orange-red flames of the autumn, one of the fine, bold sights of the season, and the smooth, grey bark with the fine, peeling patches holds the clean trunk through the year. The tree stands the city air, the wind and the poor ground with the ease, and it is one of the fine choices for the avenue, the park and the large garden, while the hard, fine wood has a long record in the fine furniture of the East. It has been written about in the horticultural and the botanical papers for the clean trunks and the autumn flames, and it is a fine, historic tree of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained garden.
Keep the young tree in the open, sunny spot with the room to grow into the clean, grey trunk.
To grow the Chinese zelkova from seed, sow the small, round seeds a centimetre down in a tray of damp seed compost, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings show themselves within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the clean grey trunk will rise through the years.
Zelkova sinica is a smaller tree than Z.serrata growing 20-40 feet tall, sometimes has multiple trunks. Foliage is dark green, bark is very attractive, on mature specimens it is a nice mosaic of gray, orange and rich brown.