Ulmus glabra 'Fastigiata'

Ulmus glabra

'Fastigiata', Zirlau, Silesia (1915)
Cultivar 'Fastigiata'

The Wych elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Fastigiata' (Kirchn.)[1] was listed in Graf von Schwerin's Mitteilungen der Deutschen Dendrologischen Gesellschaft (1915)[2] and appears in Botanic Gardens Conservation International lists.[3] It is possibly synonymous with Bean's (1925) U. glabra 'Fastigiata Stricta', and appears to be a similar cultivar to Ulmus glabra 'Insularis'.

'Fastigiata' is not to be confused with Exeter Elm, the U. montana fastigiata of Loudon's Arb. Frut. Brit. 3: 1399 (1838) and the U. montana var. fastigiata of Elwes and Henry,[4] which has contorted leaves.

Description

The tree is a form of Wych Elm with upswept branches, similar in profile when young to American Elm.

Pests and diseases

See under Ulmus glabra.

Cultivation

Wych elms fastigiate when young but broadening with age are not uncommon in the tree's native range. 'Fastigiata' was cultivated in Silesia by the Berndt Nursery, Zirlau, Schweidnitz.

Notes

  1. ↑ Bean, W. J., Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain, 8th edition (1988), Murray, London; p.646
  2. ↑ Schwerin,Graf von, Mitteilungen der Deutschen Dendrologischen Gesellschaft (1915), Wendisch-Wilmersdorf : Selbstverlag DDG.
  3. ↑ Botanic Gardens Conservation International, bgci.org/plant_details.php?plantID=649872
  4. ↑ Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII.
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