Ulmus × hollandica 'Eleganto-Variegata'

The hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Eleganto-Variegata' 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. It was first mentioned by Miller[1] in The Gardeners Dictionary (1735), as U. major Hollandica, angustis & magis acuminatis sammaris, folio latissimo scabro, eleganter variegato.[2][3]

Ulmus × hollandica 'Eleganto-Variegata'
Hybrid parentageU. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar'Eleganto-Variegata'
OriginEurope

Description

The tree was described as the Dutch elm with striped leaves.

Pests and diseases

Ulmus × hollandica 'Major' (if 'Eleganto-Variegata' is a sport of this) is very susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

A conjectured 'Eleganto-Variegata', grafted at 1.5 m., was reported in Stanford Avenue, Brighton, with striped variegation on the lower branch leaves (felled 2009). No specimens are known to survive.

References

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