Propagation
This tree is usually propagated from suckers.

Sow fresh seed during spring or autumn and can be budded onto Ulmus glabra rootstock

Culture
Care should be taken when planting, as it has an extensive root system that may damage drainage pipes. The tree has been decimated by Dutch elm disease in the northern hemisphere.

Botanic information
Leaf: The leaves are broad ovate to obovate with an acute to acuminate apex, rounded base and a pubescent petiole up to 6mm (¼in) long. The upper surface is scabrous and the undersides softly pubescent. In autumn the leaf turns golden colour before falling.  

Flower: The small red campanulate flowers are produced from axillary buds and normally appear before the leaves during spring.

Fruit: The winged seed is a green samara and is dispersed by wind and gravity. The fruit is normally not fertile and the plant commonly reproduces vegetatively from suckers.