Ulmus minor 'Virgata'

Ulmus minor
Cultivar 'Virgata'
Origin Nangis, Seine et Marne, France

The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Virgata' was described by Pepin (as Ulmus campestris virgata) in Revue Horticole 1865: 347, 1865.[1]

Description

Pepin described the tree as having slender, erect branches bestowing a fastigiate form.

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive. Planted before 1789 near Nangis, Seine-et-Marne.[2]

Accessions

References

  1. Pepin, Pierre Denis (1865). "Ulmus campestris virgata". Revue Horticole: 347–348.
  2. 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.
  3. "List of plants in the {elm} collection". Brighton & Hove City Council. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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