Ulmus × viminalis 'Pulverulenta'

Ulmus × viminalis
'Pulverulenta', Bedford, UK. 1991
Hybrid parentage	U. minor × U. minor 'Plotii'
Cultivar	'Pulverulenta'
Origin	Europe

Ulmus × viminalis Lodd. 'Pulverulenta' is a hybrid cultivar derived from the crossing Ulmus minor Mill. × U. minor 'Plotii' Druce. The tree was first mentioned by Dieck, (Zöschen, Germany) in Haupt-Catalog der Obst- und Gehölzbaumschulen des Ritterguts Zöschen bei Merseburg 1885, p. 82, as U. scabra viminalis pulverulenta Hort., but without description.

Description

Dippel , Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, 2:25, 1892 described it under the same name as having leaves streaked with both white and yellow.^[1]

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  'Pulverulenta' leaves at Batsford Arboretum, 2014

Pests and diseases

'Pulverulenta' is very susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

Now extremely rare in cultivation, one tree grows at Batsford Arboretum, UK. ^[2]

Accessions

• Batsford Arboretum, Moreton-in-Marsh, UK.^[2] Noted as 5m high in 2014.

Synonymy

• Ulmus montana (: glabra) viminalis gracilis aurea Hort.: Schelle in Beissner et al. Handb. Laubh. Benenn. 84. 1903.
• Ulmus scabra (: glabra) viminalis fol. punctatis: Dieck, Haupt-Cat. 1885, p. 82.

References

1. Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.
2. Johnson, O. (2011). Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland. Kew Publishing, Kew, London. ISBN 9781842464526.