Siberian Elms are never sold today but are still found in Midland (Midland Reporter-Telegram)

9 March 2010, 11:07 pm

Beginning in the 1920s, the Siberian elm was planted almost exclusively here in Midland. This tree is a native of the rigorous climate of Turkestan, northern China and eastern Siberia, where it endures temperatures of 104 degrees above to 40 below zero and receives sometimes less than 15 inches of rain a year. It grows up to 3, or even 5, feet per year, reaching in Midland a height of more than ...... Read More »

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