Ulmus × viminalis 'Pulverulenta'

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Ulmus × viminalis
Hybrid parentage
U. minor subsp. minor × U. minor var. plotii
Cultivar
'Pulverulenta'
Origin
Europe

Ulmus × viminalis Lodd. 'Pulverulenta' is a hybrid cultivar derived from the crossing U. minor subsp. minor Richens × U. minor var. plotii Druce. The tree was first mentioned by Dieck, (Zöschen, Germany) in Haupt-Cat. 1885, p. 82, as U. scabra viminalis pulverulenta Hort., but without description. Dippel [2], Hand. Laubh, 2:25, 1892 described it under the same name as having leaves streaked with both white and yellow ^[1].

A possible example of the cultivar grew at Busbridge Lakes, Surrey, in 1963 ^[2], but this tree is nearly extinct in the UK (one tree may still survive in a street in Bedford. It was seen in 1991) and not known to survive elsewhere.

[edit] Synonymy

• Ulmus montana (: glabra) viminalis gracilis aurea Hort.: Schelle in Beissner et al. Handb. Laubh. Benenn. 84. 1903.
• Ulmus scabra (: glabra) viminalis fol. punctatis: Dieck, Haupt-Cat. 1885, p. 82.

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