Ulmus minor 'Laciniata'

Ulmus minor 'Laciniata'
SpeciesUlmus minor
Cultivar'Laciniata'
OriginEurope

The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Laciniata' was listed by Wesmael [1] in Bulletin de la Fédération des sociétés d'horticulture de Belgique 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

No specimens are known to survive; a specimen at the Ryston Hall [2], Norfolk, arboretum, obtained from the Léon Chenault nursery in Orléans before 1914,[2] was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s.

References

  1. ^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  2. ^ Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue. c. 1920. pp. 13–14.