Ulmus parvifolia 'BSNUPF (selling name ) is a Chinese Elm cultivar, cloned from a chance seedling at Bold Spring Nursery, Bold Spring, Georgia. Patented in 2007,Ulmus parvifolia 'BSNUPF' (Everclear®), Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, brookgreen.org it was raised by John Barbour of Athena Trees, Monroe, Georgia.
Description is distinguished by its fastigiate form, growing tall by only wide, with leaves larger and darker than the type .
Pests and diseases The species and its cultivars are highly resistant, but not immune, to Dutch elm disease, and completely unaffected by the elm leaf beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola. Damage caused by the Japanese beetle is relatively slight.Brady, C., Condra, J., & Potter, D. (2008) Resistance of Landscape-suitable Elm (Ulmus spp.) Cultivars to Japanese Beetle, Leaf Miners, and Gall Makers. 2008 Research Report, Nursery & Landscape Program, pp 15, 16. University of Kentucky.
Cultivation is reputedly fast growing on well-drained soil. The tree has been selected for inclusion in the National Elm Trial coordinated by Colorado State University. An avenue of some twenty elms stands before Matthews Hall, Purdue University (lining North University Street), West Lafayette, Indiana. Ulmus parvifolia 'BSNUPF' (Everclear®) Columnar Lacebark Elm; Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, arboretum.purdue.edu Chinese elms, North University Street, West Lafayette, Indiana - Google Maps, July 2023, access date 13 January 2025 The cultivar was introduced to the UK by Golden Hill Plants, Morden, Kent, in 2010, but discontinued owing to poor sales.
Nurseries Commercial Nursery, Decherd, Tennessee, US.
Accessions None known.
References
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20110721154215/http://treehealth.agsci.colostate.edu/research/nationalelmtrial/NET_Cultivars.htm National Elm Trial coordinated by Colorado State University.