The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Catlin' is a dwarf variety specifically raised as a bonsai plant by John Catlin, La Canada, California, circa 1950.

The leaves are very small, < 12 mm long, and can remain evergreen on pot grown plants in California.^[1]

The cultivar is not known to have been introduced to Europe or Australasia.^{[citation needed]}

• Brooklyn Botanic Garden [1] Archived 2016-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, New York, US. Acc. no. 900380.
• New York Botanical Garden, US. Acc. no. 1133/89
• U S National Arboretum [2]^{[permanent dead link‍]}, Washington, D.C., US. Acc. no. 64443.

• Japan Nursery [3], US.

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