Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba'

Ulmus × hollandica
Hybrid parentage U. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar 'Alba'
Origin Europe

Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba' is one of a number of hybrids arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor. First mentioned by Kirchner, in Petzold & Kirchner 559, 1864, as U. fulva Hort. var. alba, but without description.

Description

A specimen in the Herb. Nicholson at Kew was identified by Melville as a rather broad-leafed form of U. × hollandica var vegeta (sensu Rehder).[1]

Cultivation

Probably extinct.

References

  1. Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.
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