Danada Charm (elm hybrid)

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The elm hybrid Danada Charm ™ is another Morton Arboretum selection, derived from an open pollination of the Accolade ™ hybrid. The tree has a graceful, vase-shaped habit and its foliage is tinged red on emergence. However, although highly resistant to Dutch elm disease, Danada Charm ™ is very susceptible to the elm leaf beetle and Gypsy moth; it is also moderately preferred by cankerworms.

Danada Charm ™ is named for the Daniel F. & Ada L. Rice Foundation, which helped sponsor the elm breeding programme at the Morton Arboretum. The tree is being promoted by the Chicagoland Grows corporation, but is not widely available in the USA. It is not known (2006) to have been introduced to Europe or Australasia.

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• http://fletcher.ces.state.nc.us/programs/nursery/metria/metria11/warren/elm.htm Warren, K., J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. (2002). The Status of Elms in the Nursery Industry in 2000.
• http://www.mortonarb.org/plantinfo/plantclinic/phc/New-Elms-For-The-Landscape.pdf. Miller, F. (2002). New elms for the landscape and urban forest.