Ulmus × viminalis 'Pulverulenta'

Ulmus × viminalis
'Pulverulenta', Bedford, UK. 1991
Hybrid parentage	U. minor × U. minor 'Plotii'
Cultivar	'Pulverulenta'
Origin	Europe

Ulmus × viminalis Lodd. 'Pulverulenta' is a hybrid cultivar derived from the crossing Ulmus minor Mill. × U. minor '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.

Description

Dippel , Hand. Laubh, 2:25, 1892 described it under the same name as having leaves streaked with both white and yellow.^[1]

Pests and diseases

'Pulverulenta' is very susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

A possible example of the cultivar grew at Busbridge Lakes, Surrey, in 1963,^[2] while another grew in Bedford in the 1990s, but the tree is now possibly extinct in the UK and is not known to remain in cultivation elsewhere.

Synonymy

Ulmus montana (: glabra) viminalis gracilis aurea Hort.: Schelle in Beissner et al. Handb. Laubh. Benenn. 84. 1903.
Ulmus scabra (: glabra) viminalis fol. punctatis: Dieck, Haupt-Cat. 1885, p. 82.

References

↑ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.
↑ Johnson, Owen (ed.) (2003). Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland. Whittet Press, ISBN 978-1-873580-61-5.

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