Ulmus glabra 'Cebennensis'

Ulmus glabra 'Cebennensis'
Species	Ulmus glabra
Cultivar	'Cebennensis'
Origin	France

Ulmus glabra 'Cebennensis', also known as the Cevennes Elm, is a cultivar of the Wych Elm. The first known publication of the cultivar epithet was in the 1831-1832 catalogue from the Audibert brothers plant nursery at Tonelle, near Tarascon in France. The cultivar was given the name Ulmus campestris var. cebennensis.

Description

A description was not provided until 1838 when horticultural writer J.C. Loudon gave the following account: "Its habit is spreading like that of (the species), but it appears of much less vigorous growth",^[1] a sentiment echoed half a century later in 'The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening'.^[2]

Cultivation

Probably extinct.

References

1. Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.
2. Nicholson, George (Ed.) (1888). The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening - a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists. Upcott-Gill, London.