Ulmus 'Folia Rubra'

Ulmus
Cultivar 'Folia Rubra'
Origin Belgium

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Folia Rubra' was first listed as Ulmus campestris foliis rubra in the Louis de Smet (Ghent) catalogue of 1877. Considered "probably Ulmus carpinifolia" (: minor) by Green.[1]

Description

'Folia Rubra' was later described as having small leaves with a reddish-green tinge.

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive. Three specimens were supplied by the Späth nursery to the RBGE in 1902 as U. campestris 'Folia rubris', and may possibly survive in Edinburgh as it was the practice of the Garden to distribute trees about the city (viz. the Wentworth Elm);[2] the current list of Living Accessions held in the Garden per se does not list the plant.[3]

Synonymy

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. Accessions book. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 1902. pp. 45,47.
  3. "List of Living Accessions: Ulmus". Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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