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Burnley Select Chinese Elm
Ulmus parvifolia ‘Burnley Select’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 400mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 45L about 1.5 to 2.5m, 100L about 2.5 to 3.5m, 150L about 2.5 to 3.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 900mm to 1.2m of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Burnley Select Chinese Elm - Ulmus parvifolia 'Burnley Select'
'Burnley Select' is an Australian clone of Chinese elm, Ulmus parvifolia, chosen for a straight central trunk and an even, upright spreading crown rather than the variable shapes seedling stock throws. Chinese elm is the elm that resists Dutch elm disease and largely ignores elm leaf beetle, and this selection delivers that hardiness in a predictable form suited to matched plantings. It is a working shade tree first: fast to canopy, tolerant of poor soil, and genuinely low fuss once away.
Why Burnley Select Chinese Elm
Uniformity: because every tree is the same clone, an avenue matures at one height and one shape instead of a ragged line.
Mottled bark: the trunk flakes in irregular plates to a jigsaw of grey, cream and orange that is a feature in its own right.
Semi-evergreen habit: it holds leaf late into the season and drops only briefly in cold districts, so bare periods are short.
Fast establishment: rapid root and shoot growth means usable shade within a few seasons of planting.
Pest and disease resistance: it stands clear of the problems that ruled out English and golden elms in Australian streetscapes.
Ideal Applications
Matched avenue: rows of identical trees along a drive or road give the formality that seedling elms cannot deliver.
Street planting: proven verge performance in Australian cities, given adequate root volume and no overhead conflict.
Shade over paving: a broad crown cools courtyards and car parks while tolerating the heat radiating back off hard surfaces.
Large garden shade tree: on a generous block it makes the single canopy tree the rest of the garden sits under.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (feature/avenue): 8 to 12m
Best Planting Season: Autumn or spring
Soil & Drainage: Adaptable to most well-drained soils including clay, loam and sandy soils; tolerates mild drought once established
Establishment Care: Water deeply and regularly for the first two to three years until the root system is well established. Apply a layer of mulch around the base to retain moisture and suppress weeds, keeping mulch clear of the trunk.
Plant Details
Height: 10 to 15m
Width: 8 to 12m
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Semi-evergreen
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Native to: China, Japan, Korea
Flower Colour: Insignificant
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







