Cultivation
The species was introduced to the USA at the Arnold Arboretum, Massachusetts, in 1908, and to the UK at Aldenham House in Hertfordshire, almost certainly as part of the quincunx elm avenue leading to the front of the house, by Vicary Gibbs (1853–1932) in the late 19th century. What remained of the avenue after the advent of Dutch elm disease was cleared circa 1980 to make way for a cricket pitch.
The tree has been assessed at the Morton Arboretum, Illinois, for its landscape potential, and is now considered suitable for open areas such as parks and campuses. Typically, U. macrocarpa is intolerant of poorly-drained ground prone to waterlogging. U. macrocarpa has been found to be the most cold hardy of the Chinese elms. In artificial freezing tests at the Morton Arboretum the LT50 (temp. at which 50% of tissues die) was - 36 °C.
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