Ulmus minor 'Cucullata'

Ulmus minor sensu latissimo
Leaves of the type from a tree in Portslade, East Sussex, UK. Scanned Picture of foliage from Peter Bourne's own collection, 2011
Details
Cultivar	'Cucullata'
Origin	England

The Field Elm Ulmus minor sensu latissimo cultivar 'Cucullata' was listed by Loddiges (Hackney, London) in the catalogue of 1823 as Ulmus campestris cucullata, and later by Loudon in Arb. Frut. Brit. 3: 1378, 1838, as U. campestris var. cucullata.

Description

Loudun described the tree as having "leaves curiously curved, something like a hood".^[1]

Pests and diseases

The tree has no resistance to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

All but extinct; a specimen at the Ryston Hall [2], Norfolk, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery in Berlin,^[2] was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s. Another grew near Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, as late as 1990, but it is not known whether it survives. The cultivar is not known to have been introduced to North America or Australasia.

Synonymy

• 'Cochleata': C. de Vos [3], Handboek 204. 1887.

References

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

Accessions

Europe

• Brighton & Hove City Council, UK, NCCPG elm collection. One tree in Victoria Park, Portslade, Hove.