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European White Elm ''Ulmus laevis'' Pall., variously known as the European white elm, fluttering elm, spreading elm, stately elm and, in the United States, the Russian elm, is a large deciduous tree native to Europe, from France northeast to southern Finland, east b ...

cultivar ''Ulmus laevis'' 'Helena' is a Dutch introduction in commerce circa 2010 at the Boomkwekerij s'Herenland at Randwijk (

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applied for: EU 20142249).''Ulmus laevis'' 'Helena'
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circa 1900, which developed a straight central leader.

Description

The tree is described as having upright, uniform, growth, producing yellow leaves in autumn. At age 100, 'Helena' should be approximately 22 m high, with a crown diameter of about 12 m.

Cultivation

'Helena' is judged 'sustainable and durable in public parks', but has not been planted beyond the Netherlands (2016).

Accessions

None known

Nurseries

Europe

*The Tree Centre,

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, Netherlands *Van Den Berk (UK) Ltd.

London, UK

References

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