Ulmus × hollandica 'Tricolor'

Ulmus × hollandica
Hybrid parentage	U. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar	'Tricolor'
Origin	Europe

The hybrid elm cultivar 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.

References

↑ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.
↑ Ulrich, C. (1894), Katalog Drzew i Krezewow, C. Ulrich, Rok 1893–94, Warszawa

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