- Ulmus minor subsp. minor 'Variegata'
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Ulmus minor subsp. minor Details Cultivar 'Variegata' Origin Europe Ulmus minor subsp. minor 'Variegata' is a variegated Smooth-leaved Elm cultivar first described by Wesmael [3] in Bull. Fed. Soc. Hort. Belg. 1862: 390, 1863.[1]
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Description
The tree's foliage is randomly blotched and speckled with creamy white, the colour of the leaves on the same tree ranging from almost completely cream to totally green.[2] [3] A variety in which the blotching and margination are more silver than cream is sometimes listed as Ulmus minor 'Argenteo-variegata' [4] (not to be confused with the silver-margined English elm cultivar, Ulmus procera 'Argenteo-Variegata').
Pests and diseases
The cultivar is as susceptible to Dutch elm disease as the species.
Cultivation
The tree remains in commercial cultivation in Europe, and a number of mature specimens survive in North America and Australasia.
Synonymy
- Ulmus folio glabro, eleganter variegato: Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 6, Ulmus no. 9, 1752.
- ?Ulmus campestris foliis argenteis: Baudriller, (Angers, France), Catalogue 43, p. 116, 1880.
- Ulmus campestris foliis variegatis: Loddiges, (Hackney, London), Catalogue 1820, p. 35, and by Loudon in Arb. Frut. Brit. 3: 1395, 1838.
- Ulmus campestris punctata: Simon-Louis Nurseries, (Metz, France), Catalogue, 1886-87, p. 60.
- Ulmus campestris var. suberosa variegata Hort.: Hartwig & Rümpler, Ill. Geholzb. 579, 1875.
Accessions
North America
- Morton Arboretum acc. nos. 450-48, 588-54
Europe
- Dubrava Arboretum, Lithuania. As U. carpinifolia 'Variegata'. No details available.
- Hortus Botanicus Nationalis, Salaspils, Latvia acc. no. 18143 (acknowledged as possibly U. minor 'Albo-dentata').
- Grange Farm Arboretum [4], Sutton St. James, Spalding, Lincs., UK. Acc. no. 833.
Australasia
- Avenue of Honour, Ballarat, Australia. Details not known.
- Benalla Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Australia. Accession details not known.
- Eastwoodhill Arboretum [5], Gisborne, New Zealand, 22 trees, details not known.
- The Nook, Sunbury, Victoria. Around 50 Trees
Nurseries
North America
None known.
Europe
(Widely available)
Australasia
References
- ^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.
- ^ Hilliers' Manual of Trees & Shrubs. (1977). David & Charles, Newton Abbot, UK.
- ^ Photographs of Ulmus minor 'Variegata', www.ogrodyprzydomowe.eu [1]
- ^ Photograph of foliage of Ulmus minor 'Argenteovariegata', www.flower.onego.ru (photo 6) [2]
External links
- http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSPlantFinder/Plantfinder2.asp?crit=ulmus&page=2&genus=Ulmus RHS Plant Finder, UK
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