- Ulmus procera 'Argenteo-Variegata'
Infobox Cultivar | name = "Ulmus procera"
cultivar = 'Argenteo-Variegata'
origin = UKThe
English Elm "Ulmus procera" cultivar 'Argenteo-Variegata' is believed to have originated inEngland in1677 .Description
The tree was described by Weston in "Bot. Univ". 1 : 314
1770 (as "U. campestris argenteo-var.") as having leaves striped and spotted with white. Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. "Arnoldia", Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1605.pdf] ] Krüssmann, J.G. (1958 ) in Parey's "Blumengartn." ed. 2, 1: 519, 1958. ]Pests and diseases
'Argenteo-Variegata' is as vulnerable to
Dutch elm disease as the species.Cultivation
The tree remains in cultivation in the
USA ,UK , andAustralia .ynonymy
*? "U. campestris fol. maculatis":
Loddiges , (Hackney,London ), Catalogue1823 , p. 35.Accessions
;North America
*Brooklyn Botanic Garden [http://www.bbg.org/cgi/bgbase/search.cgi] ,New York , acc. no. 910507.;Europe
*Hergest Croft Gardens , Kington,Herefordshire , UK. One tree, no details available.Nurseries
;North America
*Foothills Nursery [http://www.foothillsnursery.com/trees.htm] ,Mt. Airy, North Carolina ,North Carolina ,USA
*ForestFarm [http://www.forestfarm.com/search/search.asp?aPage=1&index=genus&field-keywords=ulmus&Go.x=7&Go.y=6] , Williams,Oregon .;Europe
*Dulford Nurseries [http://www.dulford-nurseries.co.uk] , Cullompton,Devon ,UK
*Goscote Nurseries Ltd. [http://www.goscote.co.uk] , Cossington,Leics. ,UK
*Madrona Nursery [http://www.madrona.co.uk] , Bethersden,Kent ,UK ;Australasia
*Established Tree Planters Pty. Ltd., Wandin,Victoria, Australia , Australia [http://establishedtrees.com.au] .References
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