Ulmus laevis 'Colorans'

Ulmus laevis

Ulmus laevis 'Colorans' in autumn scarlet. Dyke Road Drive, Brighton. 2008
Cultivar 'Colorans'
Origin Europe

The European White Elm cultivar Ulmus laevis 'Colorans' was listed by Kirchner, in Petzold & Kirchner, Arboretum Muscaviense 559, 1864 as U. effusa (: laevis) var. colorans.

Description

The tree was described as having leaves turning a rich scarlet red in autumn, not golden yellow.[1]

Cultivation

'Colorans' was rarely grown in the UK. There have been trees said to be of this type in Hailsham, East Sussex (regrowth of the type survives on the Cuckoo Trail there, 2006). A single tree with much narrower foliage survives in Brighton, as a street tree (2007). The tree is not known to remain in cultivation elsewhere.

Synonymy

Accessions

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. "List of plants in the {elm} collection". Brighton & Hove City Council. Retrieved 23 September 2016.



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