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Ulmus × hollandica 'Folia Rhomboidea'

Ulmus × hollandica 'Folia Rhomboidea'
Hybrid parentageU. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar'Folia Rhomboidea'
OriginBelgium

Ulmus × hollandica 'Folia Rhomboidea' is one of a number of cultivars possibly arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm Ulmus glabra with a variety of Field Elm Ulmus minor. First mentioned by Morren in 1851 as U. campestris latifolia, foliis rhomboides.[1]

Description

Reputed to resemble 'Pitteurs' but for the rhomboid shape of the leaf.[2]

Cultivation

Once grown on the Pitteurs estate, Sint-Truiden, Belgium. No specimens are known to survive.

References

  1. ^ Morren, Charles (1851). "Nouvelle notice". Journal d'agriculture pratique. 4: 511.
  2. ^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
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