Ulmus minor 'Laciniata'

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..

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

Description edit

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

Cultivation edit

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 edit

  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.