Ulmus × hollandica 'Dampieri'

Ulmus × hollandica cultivar

'Dampieri', Groningen.
Hybrid parentage U. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar 'Dampieri'
Origin Europe

The hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Dampieri' is one of a number of cultivars arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor; the tree was originally identified as Ulmus campestris var. nuda subvar. fastigiata Dampieri Hort., Vilv. by Wesmael.[1]

Description

A fastigiate, conical tree with upright branches bearing tough, ovate leaves < 8 cm long, densely clustered on short, glabrous shoots.[2]

Pests and diseases

The tree is susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

Believed to have originated in continental Europe, 'Dampieri' was first marketed in the Low Countries in 1853 [3] and commonly planted in towns during the latter half of the 19th century.[4] 'Dampieri' (as U. montana fastigiata 'Dampieri') was known to have been marketed in Poland in the 19th century by the Ulrich nursery,[5] Warsaw and by the Späth nursery in Berlin. Three specimens supplied by Späth to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1902 as U. montana fastigiata Dampieri may survive in Edinburgh as it was the practice of the Garden to distribute trees about the city (viz. the Wentworth Elm);[6] the current list of Living Accessions held in the Garden per se does not list the plant.[7]

Notable trees

Now a rarity in the UK; the TROBI Champion grows at St George's Road, Lambeth, London, measuring 15 m high by 48 cm d.b.h. in 2003.[8]

Synonymy

Forms

A golden form, 'Dampieri Aurea', of much the same shape and size, is also known as Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei'.[9]

Accessions

North America

Europe

Nurseries

Europe

References

  1. ↑ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus" (PDF). Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 24 (6–8): 41–80. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Photographs of young 'Dampieri' elm and mature specimens in Hoorn, Holland (Handbuch der Ulmengewächse, ulmen-handbuch.de/handbuch/ulmus/gattung_ulmus.html)
  3. ↑ Meulemans, M., and Parmentier, C., 'Studies on Ceratocystis ulmi in Belgium' in Research on Dutch Elm Disease in Europe, HMSO, London 1983
  4. ↑ Elwes, Henry John; Henry, Augustine (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. 7. p. 1894.
  5. ↑ Ulrich, C. (1894), Katalog Drzew i Krezewow, C. Ulrich, Rok 1893–94, Warszawa
  6. ↑ Accessions book. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 1902. pp. 45, 47.
  7. ↑ "List of Living Accessions: Ulmus". Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Johnson, O. (2011). Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland, 169. Kew Publishing, Kew, London. ISBN 9781842464526.
  9. ↑ White, J. & More, D. (2002). Trees of Britain and northern Europe. Cassell, London.


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