Ulmus x viminalis Aurea

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Ulmus × viminalis Lodd. Aurea is an elm hybrid cultivar derived from the crossing U. minor subsp. minor x U. minor var. plotii Druce raised before 1866 by Rosseel of Louvain. It is distinguished by its suffused golden yellow leaves in early summer, greening as the season progresses. However, owing to susceptibility to Dutch elm disease, the tree is no longer commercially available in the UK. In continental Europe, a specimen is grown at the University of Copenhagen Botanic Garden, where it is erroneously listed as Ulmus procera Viminalis Aurea.

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• Bean, W. J. (1980) Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain. 8th edition. Murray's, London.
• Hilliers' Manual of Trees & Shrubs. (1977). David & Charles, Newton Abbot, UK.