Ulmus × hollandica 'Tricolor'
Ulmus × hollandica | |
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Hybrid parentage | U. glabra × U. minor |
Cultivar | 'Tricolor' |
Origin | Europe |
Ulmus × hollandica 'Tricolor' was first listed as U. suberosa tricolor by C. de Vos in Woordenbeck 137, 1867.
Description
The tree was distinguished by its silver-variegated foliage, the leaves near the tips of growing branches coloured red; it was not a rapid grower, however.[1]
Cultivation
Beyond western Europe, the tree was known to have been marketed (as U. montana 'Tricolor') in Poland in the 19th century by the Ulrich nursery,[2] Warsaw, and may still survive in Eastern Europe; it is not known to have been introduced to North America or Australasia.
Synonymy
- Ulmus campestris elegans foliis argenteo variegatis Hort.: Goeschke , Bunte Geholze 46, 1900.
- Ulmus suberosa tricolor: C. de Vos in Woordenbeck 137, 1867.