Ulmus minor 'Cucullata'
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| File:Ulmuscucullata.jpg
Leaves of the type from a tree in Portslade, East Sussex, UK.
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| Cultivar | 'Cucullata' |
| Origin | England |
The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Cucullata' was listed by Loddiges (Hackney, London) in the catalogue of 1823 as Ulmus campestris cucullata, and later by Loudon in Arb. Frut. Brit. 3: 1378, 1838, as U. campestris var. cucullata.
Description
Loudun described the tree as having "leaves curiously curved, something like a hood".[1]
Pests and diseases
The tree has no resistance to Dutch elm disease.
Cultivation
All but extinct; a specimen at the Ryston Hall [2], Norfolk, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery in Berlin,[2] was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s. Another grew near Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, as late as 1990, but it is not known whether it survives. The cultivar is not known to have been introduced to North America or Australasia.
Synonymy
References
Accessions
- Europe
- Brighton & Hove City Council, UK, NCCPG elm collection. One tree in Victoria Park, Portslade, Hove.
