Ulmus glabra 'Monstrosa'
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| Ulmus glabra | |
|---|---|
| Cultivar | 'Monstrosa' |
| Origin | France |
The Wych Elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Monstrosa' is believed to have originated in France.
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Description
'Monstrosa' is a compact shrub, with branchlets often fasciated, and leaves 5–8 cm long, partly pitcher-shaped at the base, and on slender stalks < 25 mm long.[1]
Cultivation
A specimen at the Ryston Hall [3], Norfolk, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery in Berlin before 1914,[2] was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s. The shrub remains in cultivation in the Netherlands.[3]
Synonymy
- Ulmus campestris (: glabra) var. monstrosa: Lavallée, Arb. Segrez 235, 1877, and Hartwig, Ill. Geholzb. ed. 2, 294, 1892.
- Ulmus scabra (: glabra) var. monstrosa Hort.; Krüssmann, Handb. Laubgeh. 2: 536, 1962, as a cultivar.
