Ulmus minor 'Propendens'

Ulmus minor
Cultivar	'Propendens'
Origin	Europe

The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Propendens' is a comparatively rare cultivar, believed to have once been popular in eastern Europe. .^[1]

Description

'Propendens' has branches wide-spreading and weeping, becoming corky when older; the leaves are small, 2–3 cm long.

Cultivation

Probably extinct; there are no known surviving specimens, although Green ^[1] treated U. × hollandica 'Rugosa Pendula' as a synonym, and a specimen under that name grows at the Morton Arboretum (Acc. no. 652-62). However, the tree in question more closely resembles the common U. × hollandica (see Gallery).

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  Ulmus × hollandica 'Rugosa Pendula' leaves, Morton Arboretum, U.S.A.

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  Ulmus × hollandica 'Rugosa Pendula', Morton Arboretum, U.S.A.

Synonymy

• Ulmus campestris var. microphylla pendula, A. Henry, Rehder
• Ulmus campestris var. suberosa alata, Hort.: Kirchner, in Petzold & Kirchner, Arb. Muscav., 556, 1864.
• Ulmus campestris suberosa pendula Hort.: Späth, (Berlin, Germany), Catalogue 69, p. 9, 1887.
• Ulmus rugosa pendula Hort.: Kirchner, in Petzold & Kirchner, Arb. Muscav., 556, 1864, as name in synonymy.
• Ulmus suberosa pendula: Audibert, (Tonnelle, Tarascon, France), Catalogue 2, p. 53, 1831-32.

References

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