Ulmus_×_hollandica_'Eleganto-Variegata'

<i>Ulmus</i> × <i>hollandica</i> 'Eleganto-Variegata'

Ulmus × hollandica 'Eleganto-Variegata'

Elm cultivar

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. It was first mentioned by Miller[1] in The Gardeners Dictionary (1735), as U. major Hollandica, angustis & magis acuminatis sammaris, folio latissimo scabro, eleganter variegato.[2][3]

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Description

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

Pests and diseases

Ulmus × hollandica 'Major' (if 'Eleganto-Variegata' is a sport of this) is very susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive.

References

  1. [1]
    kiki.huh.harvard.edu
  2. [2]
    The Gardeners Dictionary ed. 2. 1735, 'Ulmus' no. 9
  3. [3]
    Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
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