Ulmus × hollandica 'Eleganto-Variegata'

The hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Eleganto-Variegata' is one of a number of cultivars arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor. It was first mentioned by Miller[1] in The Gardeners Dictionary (1735), as U. major Hollandica, angustis & magis acuminatis sammaris, folio latissimo scabro, eleganter variegato.[2][3]

Ulmus × hollandica 'Eleganto-Variegata'
Hybrid parentage	U. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar	'Eleganto-Variegata'
Origin	Europe

Description

The tree was described as the Dutch elm with striped leaves.

Pests and diseases

Ulmus × hollandica 'Major' (if 'Eleganto-Variegata' is a sport of this) is very susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

A conjectured 'Eleganto-Variegata', grafted at 1.5 m., was reported in Stanford Avenue, Brighton, with striped variegation on the lower branch leaves (felled 2009). No specimens are known to survive.

References

1. kiki.huh.harvard.edu
2. The Gardeners Dictionary ed. 2. 1735, 'Ulmus' no. 9
3. Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 24 (6–8): 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.