Accolade Elm
Ulmus carpinifolia ‘Accolade’
Large Tree Species
Vase-shape tree with arching limbs.
Glossy dark green foliage changes to yellow in fall.
Resistant
to insect and disease problems.
Oval-shape tree with large heart-shaped leaves.
White flowers in 10” long panicles appear in spring
followed by seed pods.
Tolerant of heat and alkaline soil.
Male seedless cultivar of green ash with prominent
ascending growth habit in youth.
With maturity tree becomes more oval-shaped.
Compound leaves turn subtle burgundy color in fall.
Well suited to sites with limited space for lateral growth.
Yellow fall foliage drops in a matter of days.
Tree can be slow to grow and gawky in youth but with
age rewards patience with distinctive beauty while being virtually pest-free.
Fossil records date this deciduous gymnosperm to
prehistoric times.
Hackberry tolerates a wide range of site and soil
conditions.
Bark characterized by narrow rows of distinctive ridges.
Small diameter seeds ripen in fall and are food
source for birds.
Foliage nipple-gall is not uncommon or harmful to
the tree.
Tolerates wide range of site conditions and low water-use
landscapes.
Open-airy growth habit allows sunlight to reach structures
and ground covers. 7
to 8-inch long seed pods can form spiral shape as they dry.
More tolerant than many species to winter de-icing
salts.
This large tree offers filtered shade that allows sunlight
to reach the ground.
Bees are attracted to 12-inch long creamy-white
flowers blossoming in July or August.
3 to 8-inch long seed pods may persist through
winter.
Tolerant of low water-use landscapes.
Distinctive vase-shape appearance.
Has proven resistant to many pest and disease
problems and has been used as replacement for American elm.
Can produce attractive burgundy color in the fall.
Bark has mottled appearance at maturity.
Gawky and slow growing in youth but mature form is stout,
bold and worth the wait.
Female trees produce 5 to 10-inch long seed pods.
Tolerant of low water-use landscapes.
More tolerant than most maples of heat, wind, and poor soil
conditions.
Tree is oval-shape and smooth barked.
Orange-yellow fall color.
Three to five-lobed leaves are maple-like in appearance.
Foliage turns brown in autumn and can persist into
the winter.
Shedding bark reveals distinctive olive-green trunk colors.
Reproductive fruiting structures are golf ball-size
syncarps.
Round--shaped male cultivar of green ash.
Tolerant of difficult conditions including high soil
pH.
One of the first trees to shed leaves in the fall.
Autumn color is yellow.
Upright growth habit.
Tolerant of difficult conditions including high soil
pH.
One of the first trees to shed leaves in the fall.
Autumn color is yellow.
Oval-shape tree with silver-gray smooth bark.
Spring leaf color is reddish-purple turning bronze
in summer.
Branches originate low on the trunk.
Distinctive foliage is dark green on top and silver below.
In youth bark is smooth and gray.
Yellowish flowers blossom in early summer.
Prominent winter silhouette.
Oval-shape tree.
Tolerant of alkaline soils.
Rectangular scales of bark separate from trunk
revealing distinctive cinnamon and orange-color beneath.