Tricolor (elm hybrid)

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

U. × hollandica Tricolor was first listed as U. suberosa tricolor by C. de Vos in Woordenbeck 137, 1867. Described as beautifully silver-variegated, with the leaves near the tops of growing branches coloured red. The tree was not a rapid grower, however.

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[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions

None known.

[edit] Nurseries

None known.

[edit] Synonymy

  • Ulmus campestris elegans foliis argenteo variegatis Hort.: Goeschke, Bunte Geholze 46, 1900.
  • Ulmus suberosa tricolor by C. de Vos in Woordenbeck 137, 1867.

[edit] References

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