Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba'

Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba' is one of a number of hybrids arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor. First mentioned by Kirchner[2], in Petzold[3] & Kirchner 559, 1864, as U. fulva Hort. var. alba, but without description.

Description

A specimen in the Herb. Nicholson at Kew was identified by Melville [4] as a rather broad-leafed form of U. × hollandica var vegeta (sensu Rehder) ^[1].

Accessions

Europe

• Brighton & Hove City Council, UK, NCCPG elm collection [5]. One possible tree stands near Cranbrook flats on the Grove Hill Estate. The specimen tree had huge 'Vegeta' leaves in 2010.

Cultivation

Possibly extinct.

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