The Wych Elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Pendula Variegata' was first described in 1850,[1] and later by J. F. Wood in The Midland Florist and Suburban Horticulturist (1851) as U. montana pendula variegata, the 'broad-leaved variegated weeping mountain elm', and was said by him to have originated in and been distributed by the Pontey nursery of Kirkheaton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.[2] It was listed by Hartwig & Rümpler in Illustrirtes Gehölzbuch (1875) as Ulmus montana (:glabra) var. pendula variegata Hort.[3]
| Ulmus glabra 'Pendula Variegata' | |
|---|---|
| Species | Ulmus glabra |
| Cultivar | 'Pendula Variegata' |
| Origin | England |
Description
editThe tree has been described as a form of 'Pendula' (: 'Horizontalis') with beautiful white-variegated leaves.[4] Pontey (1850) described 'Pendula Variegata' as "distinctly striped and margined with silver" and "remarkable for its constancy in variegation", Wood (1851) as "a first rate ornamental tree" with "beautifully striped foliage" and pendulous branches.[2]
Pests and diseases
editNot known.
Cultivation
editNo specimens are known to survive. The tree was cultivated at the Royal Victoria Park, Bath, from the 1850s, where was described as "the variegated-leaved Weeping Scotch Elm" and a form of 'Horizontalis' [5] (though it was absent from Milburn's 1905 Victoria Park elm list [6]), and at Kew Gardens, from c. 1896 until at least 1925.
References
edit- ^ Pontey (14 September 1850). "Ulmus montana, var. pendula foliis variegatis". The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette. 10 (37): 577. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ a b Wood, John Frederick (1852). "Coppiceana". The Midland Florist and Suburban Horticulturist. 6. London: 365.
- ^ Illustrirtes Gehölzbuch 583, 1875
- ^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Hanham, F. (1857). A Manual for the Park (Royal Victoria Park, Bath). Longman, London.
- ^ Inman, T. Frederic (1905). "The Elm". Proceedings of the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. 10: 37. Retrieved 19 August 2016.