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The Wych Elm Ulmus glabra cultivar 'Luteo Variegata' was described by Richard Weston in Bot. Univ 1: 315 1770 simply as having leaves variegated with yellow.[1] Four trees are known to survive in Edinburgh, along Castle Terrace; last measured in 1989 the largest was 18 m high, 62 cm d.b.h. [2] The tree is not known to be available from nurseries, nor to have ever been introduced to North America or Australasia.
[edit] References
- ^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia Vol. 24, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
- ^ Johnson, Owen (ed.) (2003). Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland. Whittet Press, ISBN 9781873580615.
