Ulmus minor 'Laciniata'

Ulmus minor
Cultivar 'Laciniata'
Origin Europe

The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Laciniata' was listed by Wesmael in Bull. Fed. Soc. Hort. Belg. 1862: 390 1863 as Ulmus campestris var. nuda subvar. microphylla laciniata Hort. Vilv..

Description

The tree was described as having laciniate leaves 3–5 cm long.[1]

Cultivation

Probably extinct; a specimen at the Ryston Hall , Norfolk, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery in Berlin before 1914,[2] was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s.

References

  1. ↑ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.
  2. ↑ Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue, circa 1920
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