| Ulmus × viminalis | |
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Ulmus × viminalis 'Pulverulenta', Bedford, UK. 1991 |
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| 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.
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Dippel [2], Hand. Laubh, 2:25, 1892 described it under the same name as having leaves streaked with both white and yellow [1].
'Pulverulenta' is very susceptible to Dutch elm disease.
A possible example of the cultivar grew at Busbridge Lakes, Surrey, in 1963 [2], but the tree is now possibly extinct in the UK (one tree may still survive in a street in Bedford, last noted in 1991) and it is not known to remain in cultivation anywhere else in the world.