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Hi guys, would really like to have an expert opinion on this so I can care for the tree properly. (Chinese Elm or Zelkova)

The garden centre I bought it from said they weren't sure

Its was kept outside, I have placed it in my office room but within 2days some leave have turned yellow and a couple dropped off, any ideas why would be much appreciated.

The soil is still damp.

Thanks, Dan

Chinese Elm. It should be outside, inside it will die.

Thanks! How can you tell?

99,9 % of the trees sold as zelkova in garden centers are actually ulmus parvifolia. The rest is something else misslabelled as zelkova. But also your picture gives a hint, the shape of the leafs.

Or....did you mean the tree will die inside part? I dont have any experience myself. But the hundred of threads about indoor ulmus dieing in the forum is enough for me not to try.

Probably the single most often problem here is outdoors trees being kept indoors.

We have trained ourselves to want pretty constant temperature and pretty uniform low humidity. Dermatologists have trained us to stay out of direct sun. Trees want lots of sun and don't mind temperatures colder or hotter than humans want. They absolutely love rain.

In fact, their relatively small genome demands dark light cycles, hot and cold cycles, and lots of rain, and, in general, being outdoors. They are what the computer world calls robust, and if they don't get what they want, they die.

There are plants which have been adapted to indoor climates. Elms are not one.