Hillieri (elm hybrid)

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Ulmus Hillieri
Hybrid parentage
U. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar
Hillieri
Origin
Europe

The hybrid U. × hollandica Hillieri arose from a chance seedling at Hillier's Pitt Corner nursery near Winchester, England, in 1918. It was a graceful, compact, slow-growing miniature tree or shrub, with weeping branches, rarely exceeding 1.2 m in height. The small leaves turned crimson and yellow in favourable autumns.

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

[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions

None known.

[edit] Nurseries

None known.

[edit] Synonymy

• Ulmus hillieri Hort.: Hillier & Sons, (Winchester, England), Cat. 38T, p. 52, 1928.

[edit] References

• Hilliers' Manual of Trees & Shrubs. (1977). David & Charles, Newton Abbot, UK.