The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Purpurascens' was listed by Lavallée[1] in Arboretum Segrezianum (1877)[2] as U. campestris var. purpurascens (purpurea), but without description, and later by Schneider in Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde (1904).[3][note 1] Krüssmann[4] in Handbuch der Laubgehölze (1962) identified it as a cultivar.[5]
| Ulmus minor 'Purpurascens' | |
|---|---|
 'Purpurascens' foliage, Lewes, UK, 2007 | |
| Species | Ulmus minor |
| Cultivar | 'Purpurascens' |
| Origin | Europe |
Schneider, Henry,[6] and Green[7] believed the cultivar 'Myrtifolia Purpurea', which was also first listed in 1877, a synonym of U minor 'Purpurascens'.
Description
editThe tree has small leaves approximately 25 mm long, rough above, downy beneath, tinged with purple when young, but turning dark green later.[8] The twigs are downy. Green noted that the tree usually remains small.[6][7]
Pests and diseases
editSee under Ulmus minor.
Cultivation
editA grafted tree at Kew Gardens labelled U. campestris var. purpurascens, planted in 1885, was 20 ft tall by 1912.[6] (For specimens supplied by the Späth nursery as U. campestris myrtifolia purpurea, see 'Myrtifolia Purpurea'.)
Notable trees
editThree trees survive in Hove, one of them the UK champion (see 'Accessions'). Until 2018 one was misidentified as the large-leaved purple elm U. × hollandica 'Purpurascens'.[9]
Synonymy
edit- Ulmus myrtifolia purpurea (?): Louis de Smet [1], (Ghent, Belgium), Catalogue 10, p. 59, 1877.
Accessions
edit- Europe
Notes
edit- ^ Henry (1913) gives Laubholzkunde 1894.
References
edit- ^ kiki.huh.harvard.edu
- ^ Arboretum Segrezianum 236, 1877
- ^ Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, 1:220, 1904
- ^ kiki.huh.harvard.edu
- ^ Krüssmann, Handbuch der Laubgehölze, 2: 540, 1962
- ^ a b c Elwes, Henry John; Henry, Augustine (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 7. p. 1905.
- ^ a b Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Herbarium specimen - E00824724". Herbarium Catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Sheet described as U. campestris L. purpurea
- ^ a b Johnson, O. (2011). Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland, p. 168. Kew Publishing, Kew, London. ISBN 9781842464526
- ^ "List of plants in the {elm} collection". Brighton & Hove City Council. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Ulmus minor 'Purpurascens' / Ulmus 'Myrtifolia Purpurea', Brighton & Hove Prep School, Hove". Google Maps. May 2014. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Ulmus minor 'Purpurascens' / Ulmus 'Myrtifolia Purpurea', 6 Davigdor Road, Hove". Google Maps. April 2017. Retrieved 2018-06-02.