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elm
cultivar ''Ulmus × hollandica'' 'Cinerea' was first listed by George Lindley (father of
John Lindley
John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.
Early years
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) in 1815, as ''Ulmus cinerea'', the ash-coloured elm,
and later by the
André Leroy Nurseries,
Angers, France, in 1856. It was distributed as ''Ulmus cinerea'' by the Baudriller nursery,
Angers, and as ''Ulmus montana cinerea'' by
Louis van Houtte of
Ghent.
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''Catalogue de Louis van Houtte, 1881-2'', p.303 A specimen in cultivation at
Kew in 1964 was found to be ''U. × hollandica'', but the tree at
Wakehurst Place remains listed as ''U. glabra'' 'Cinerea'.
Description
The tree was described as having branches "stunted and tortuous, the upper ascending, the lower more or less pendulous", with "crowded" leaves similar to those of
Exeter Elm
''Ulmus'' 'Exoniensis', the Exeter elm, was discovered near Exeter, England, in 1826, and propagated by the Ford & Please nursery in that city.Bean, W. J. (1981). ''Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain'', 7th edition. Murray, LondonRichens, ...
.
Pests and diseases
The tree is susceptible to
Dutch elm disease.
Cultivation
Only one living specimen is known, at
Wakehurst Place, England, where it survives by being treated as a hedging plant, too low to attract the attentions of the
Scolytus beetles that act as vectors of Dutch elm disease. Introduced to North America, 'Cinerea' was marketed, as ''Ulmus cinerea'', 'Ash-coloured elm', by the Mount Hope Nursery (also known as
Ellwanger and
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) of
Rochester, New York from the 1860s.
Ellwanger & Barry, ''Descriptive Catalogue of Hardy Ornamental Trees ... at the Mount Hope Nurseries'' (Rochester, N.Y., 1868), p.9
/ref>[Ellwanger & Barry, ''Descriptive Catalogue of Hardy Ornamental Trees ... at the Mount Hope Nurseries'' (Rochester, N.Y., 1875)] It is not known to have been introduced to Australasia.
Accessions
Europe
* Royal Botanic Gardens Wakehurst Place, UK. Acc. no. 1973–21051, listed as ''U. glabra'' 'Cinerea'.
References
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