1, the height difference
Golden elm tree is relatively high, the late growth of the tree, the tree shape of the largest up to 25 meters, grown into a very spectacular, and the money elm is relatively short.
2, trunk color differences
Golden elm bark is dark gray, relatively smooth, while the money elm leaves and ordinary elm leaves, but there are round spots on the trunk is very much like a coin, so the name.
3, the use of the difference
Golden elm fast-growing, dense branches, resistant to pruning, rich modeling. Not only can you cultivate yellow trees as landscaping, but also cultivate yellow shrubs and high stakes gold balls, widely used in hedges, ribbons, puzzles, modeling and so on. And money elm named for the tree, mainly used for pot plants.
Extended information
Golden elm is a very ornamental plant, every year into the spring, it will grow yellow leaves, from a distance it looks like countless wax plum blossoms in the branches open, very beautiful. Into the summer after the golden leaf elm leaves will be all long open, golden yellow leaves in the wind dance, the streets and parks will be dressed up extraordinarily beautiful.
Golden elm low-temperature resistance, up to minus 36 degrees, high temperature more than 38 ~ 40 degrees, prone to leaf scorching, so that the growth of seedlings and ornamental received an impact, should do a good job of summer protection. Attention should be paid to the seedlings for water spraying or seedlings sprayed with some anti-reverse regulating substances, such as anti-transpiration inhibitors, potash fertilizer, etc., if necessary, young branches should be pruned to deal with. Newly planted seedlings should be shaded.
Golden leaf elm is not tolerant of saline plants, is not suitable for planting in places with high saline content, otherwise the color is poor, the leaves are sparse and lusterless, the mortality rate is high, and it is easy to occur disease and leaf whitening.