Colorans (White elm cultivar)

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The European White Elm U. laevis cultivar Colorans was listed by Kirchner in Petzold & Kirchner Arb. Muscav 559, 1864 as U. effusa (: laevis) var. colorans, and described as having leaves turning a beautiful scarlet red in autumn, not golden. The tree was never cultivated in the UK.

Contents 1 Arboreta etc. accessions 2 Nurseries 3 Synonymy 4 References

[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions

None known.

[edit] Nurseries

None known.

[edit] Synonymy

• Ulmus campestris var. rubescens: Schwerin, Mitt. Deut. Dendr. Ges 20: 423 1911.
• Ulmus effusa (: laevis) rubescens: Herder, Gartenflora 20: 347 1871.
• Ulmus pedunculata (: glabra) var. erubescens: Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII.

[edit] References

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