The elm
cultivar
A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture ...
''Ulmus'' 'Lombartsii' is considered "possibly ''
Ulmus × hollandica'' or ''
Ulmus carpinifolia (: minor)''" by Green (1964). The tree was raised by Lombarts Nurseries at
Zundert
Zundert () is a municipality and town in the south of the Netherlands bordering Belgium, in the province of North Brabant.
Zundert is the birthplace of post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh.
History
The name of Zundert is first mentione ...
, Netherlands, circa 1910.
Description
The tree was first described by Lombarts in the 1921–22 catalogue, p. 25, as ''U. suberosa pendula Lombartsi'': "a graceful tree with pendulous branches covered in corky wings. The wings become less prominent with age". Leaves are small with sharp pointed serratures on the margin, lamina of leaf is unequal at the base and quite long acuminated at the apex. The seed is close to the notch of the
samara.
[ Formerly labelled ''U. foliacea'' Gilib. 'Lombartsii' (Wageningen Arboretum specimen, 1962, with samarae)]
Pests and diseases
The tree is not known to have a resistance to
Dutch elm disease
Dutch elm disease (DED) is caused by a member of the sac fungi (Ascomycota) affecting elm trees, and is spread by elm bark beetles. Although believed to be originally native to Asia, the disease was accidentally introduced into Americas, America ...
.
Cultivation
With no known resistance to
Dutch elm disease
Dutch elm disease (DED) is caused by a member of the sac fungi (Ascomycota) affecting elm trees, and is spread by elm bark beetles. Although believed to be originally native to Asia, the disease was accidentally introduced into Americas, America ...
, the tree is now very rare in Europe. 'Lombartsii' is not known to have been introduced to North America or Australasia.
Accessions
;Europe
*
Grange Farm Arboretum
The Grange Farm Arboretum is a small private arboretum comprising 3 hectares accommodating over 800 trees, mostly native and ornamental species or cultivars, notably oaks, ashes, walnuts and elms, growing on a calcareous loam.Ostler, J. (2009) ...
,
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...
, UK. Acc. no. 1133, as ''U. minor'' 'Lombartsii.
Nurseries
*Centrum voor Botanische Verrijking vzw,
Kampenhout
Kampenhout () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Berg, Buken, Kampenhout proper and Nederokkerzeel. On 1 January 2006 Kampenhout had a total population of 10,956. The tota ...
, Belgium, (as ''Ulmus minor'' 'Lombartsii').
[Centrum voor Botanische Verrijking vzw]
Voorraadlijst
accessdate: November 2, 2016
Synonymy
*''Ulmus procera propendens'' Lombarts: Cat. 1955–56, p. 85.
*''Ulmus suberosa pendula Lombartii'': ''Floralia'', 41 (39): 615, 1920.
References
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