The
Field Elm
''Ulmus minor'' Mill., the field elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species, although its taxonomy remains a matter of contention. Its natural range is predominantly south European, extending to Asia Minor and Iran; its northern ...
cultivar
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''Ulmus minor'' 'Viminalis Aurea', probably a "golden" form of
''Ulmus minor'' 'Viminalis',
[
] was raised before 1866 by Egide Rosseels of
Louvain,
who was known to have supplied
'Viminalis'.
Description
The tree is distinguished by its 'Viminalis'-type leaves (4–7 cm x 3 cm) suffused golden yellow in early summer, greening as the season progresses.
[''Hilliers' Manual of Trees & Shrubs''. (1977). David & Charles, Newton Abbot, UK.][Bean, W. J. (1980) ''Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain''. 8th edition. Murray's, London.] Clibran's of Altrincham (see 'Cultivation') described the coloration as "golden-bronze".
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noted that 'Viminalis Aurea' has been distinguished from
'Viminalis' by the more deeply incised usually obovate leaves, but the two forms of leaves pass gradually into each other and may be found even on the same plant.
Pests and diseases
'Viminalis Aurea' is very susceptible 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
One tree supplied by the
Späth nursery of Berlin was planted in 1899 at the
Dominion Arboretum
The Dominion Arboretum (french: Arboretum du Dominion) is an arboretum part of the Central Experimental Farm of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Originally begun in 1889, the Arboretum covers about of rolling land ...
,
Ottawa, Canada, as ''U. campestris antarctica aurea''.
Three specimens were supplied by Späth to the
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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in 1902 as ''U. antarctica aurea'', and may survive in Edinburgh as it was the practice of the Garden to distribute trees about the city (viz. the
Wentworth Elm).
The current list of Living Accessions held in the Garden ''per se'' does not list the plant. In England the tree was supplied by Clibrans' nursery of
Altrincham
Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population ...
,
Cheshire, as ''Ulmus campestris aurea Rosseelsii''.
Only two specimens are known (2016) to survive in the UK, a stunted tree at
Borde Hill, West Sussex.
[Johnson, O. (ed.). (2011). ''Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland''. p. 171. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. ] and a small tree (2016) at
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) ...
(see Accessions). Others are known in Europe and Australasia (see Accessions).
Synonymy
* ''Ulmus antarctica aurea'':
Späth nursery
* ''Ulmus campestris'' var. ''antarctica aurea'': Nicholson
''Kew Hand List Trees & Shrubs'', ii, 613, 1902
* ''Ulmus campestris'' var. ''aurea'':
Morren''La Belgique horticole'', p. 356, 1866 (coloured plate), and Lemaire
horticole'' t 513, 1867
*''Ulmus campestris'' var. ''Rosscelsii'': Schelle, in Beissner et al.
''Handbuch der Laubholz-Benennung'' 83. 1903 = misspelling of Rosseelsii.
* ''Ulmus rosseelsii'': Koch
''Dendrologie; Bäume, Sträucher und Halbsträucher, welche in Mittel- und Nord- Europa im Freien kultivirt werden'' 2 (1): 412, 1872 in synonymy.
Accessions
;North America
None known.
;Europe
*
Borde Hill Garden
Borde Hill Garden is a garden located north of Haywards Heath, West Sussex in southern England. It is set in over of garden, park and woodlands which has views across the Sussex High Weald.
Borde Hill Garden is planted in “living garden room ...
,
Haywards Heath, UK. Acc. no. 47334 (As ''Ulmus minor'' 'Viminalis Aurea').
*
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) ...
,
Sutton St James
Sutton St James is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England, about south-west of Long Sutton.
Lying in the Lincolnshire Fens, Sutton St James did not exist at the time of the 1086 ''Domesday Book''. Su ...
,
Spalding,
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. 1102.
*
University of Copenhagen
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Botanic Garden, Denmark. As ''Ulmus procera'' 'Viminalis Aurea'.
;Australasia
* Waite Arboretum]
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Nurseries
;North America
* ForestFarm Nurserie
Williams, Oregon, Williams, Oregon, US.
;Europe
* Arboretum Waaslan
Nieuwkerken-Waas, Belgium.
* Czeczot Krzew
Bogumiłowice, Poland.
* Szkółka Krzewów Ozdobnyc
Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
* Szkółki Konieczk
Gogolin, Poland.
References
External links
* Sheet described as ''U. procera Rosseelsii'' (Den Haag specimen, 1931)
* Sheet labelled ''U. viminalis aurea'' (Hillier, Winchester, 1952)
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