Ulmus × hollandica 'Tricolor'

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

The hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Tricolor' was first listed as U. suberosa tricolor by C. de Vos in Woordenbeck 137, 1867.

Description

The tree was distinguished by its silver-variegated foliage, the leaves near the tips of growing branches coloured red; it was not a rapid grower, however.[1]

Cultivation

Beyond western Europe, the tree was known to have been marketed (as U. montana 'Tricolor') in Poland in the 19th century by the Ulrich nursery,[2] Warsaw, and may still survive in Eastern Europe; it is not known to have been introduced to North America or Australasia.

Synonymy

References

  1. Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.
  2. Ulrich, C. (1894), Katalog Drzew i Krezewow, C. Ulrich, Rok 189394, Warszawa
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