Ulmus glabra 'Corylifolia Purpurea'

Ulmus glabra
Cultivar 'Corylifolia Purpurea'
Origin Europe

The Wych Elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Corylifolia Purpurea' was raised from seed of 'Purpurea'.[1]

Description

The tree was described by Pynaert in Bull. Arb. Flor. Cult. Potag. 1879 as having large purplish leaves resembling those of Hazel in shape.

Cultivation

Only one specimen of 'Corylfolia Purpurea' is known to survive, in Canada. A specimen at the Ryston Hall , Norfolk, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery in Berlin before 1914,[2] was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s.

Synonymy

Accessions

North America

References

  1. Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.
  2. Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue, circa 1920
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