Ulmus 'Scampstoniensis'
| Ulmus | |
|---|---|
| Cultivar | 'Scampstoniensis' |
| Origin | England |
The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Scampstoniensis', the Scampston Elm, originated at Scampston Hall, Yorkshire, England, before 1810. Henry described the tree as "a weeping form of U. nitens (:Ulmus minor)" from a specimen grown in Victoria Park, Bath, however Green considered it "probably a form of Ulmus × hollandica",[1]
Description
Loudon opined that a tree of the same name in Chiswick "differed little from the species". Elwes saw the decayed stump of the original tree at Scampston, by which time the tree was no longer known to be in cultivation in nurseries in England.[2]
Pests and diseases
A specimen at the Ryston Hall, Norfolk, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery in Berlin,[3] was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s.
Cultivation
Possibly only two specimens now survive, as grafted trees, in Brighton, England; see 'Notable trees' below.
Notable trees
The possible UK TROBI Champions grow in Woodvale Cemetery, Brighton, perhaps planted in 1851; two trees measuring 26 m high by 73 cm d.b.h., and 22 m by 70 cm, in 2002. [4]
Synonymy
Accessions
Europe
- Brighton & Hove City Council, UK, NCCPG Elm Collection.
References
- ↑ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.
- ↑ Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII. pp 1848-1929. Private publication, Edinburgh. Republished by Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- ↑ Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue, circa 1920
- ↑ Johnson, O. (2011). Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland, p. 169. Kew Publishing, Kew, London. ISBN 9781842464526.