Ulmus × hollandica 'Eleganto-Variegata'

Ulmus × hollandica
Hybrid parentage U. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar 'Eleganto-Variegata'
Origin Europe

The hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Eleganto-Variegata' is one of a number of cultivars arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor. First mentioned by Miller in Gard. Dict. ed. 6. Ulmus no. 9, 1752, as U. major Hollandica, angustis & magis acuminatis sammaris, folio latissimo scabro, eleganter variegato.[1]

Description

The tree was described as the Dutch Elm with striped leaves.

Cultivation

Probably extinct beyond Brighton.

Accessions

References

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