Ulmus 'Crispa Pendula'

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Crispa Pendula', the weeping fernleaf elm, was listed in the Gardeners' Chronicle & New Horticulturist (1873) as Ulmus crispa pendula, a variety of 'Crispa', itself described as "of the U. montana type".[1]

Ulmus 'Crispa Pendula'
GenusUlmus
Cultivar'Crispa Pendula'
OriginEngland

'Crispa Pendula' may be synonymous with the cultivar 'Adiantifolia', which appears from herbarium specimens to have a leaf similar to, but narrower than, 'Crispa'.[2] Green, however, treated 'Adiantifolia' as a synonym of 'Crispa'.[3]

Description

'Crispa Pendula' is similar to 'Crispa' but with narrower leaves and pendulous branches.[1]

Pests and diseases

See under 'Crispa'.

Cultivation

The tree was in cultivation at the Canterbury Nurseries, Kent, in 1873.[1] No specimens are known to survive, but it is possible that some surviving 'Crispa' are 'Crispa Pendula', as the latter cultivar is now unfamiliar, and as it is known that pendulous elms are marginally less likely to attract foraging Scolytus beetles.[4]

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References
  1. "Ornamental trees". Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist: 1433. 25 October 1873. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1846722". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
  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.
  4. Webber, J. (2008). Dutch elm disease in Britain. Forest Research, Forestry Commission, Alice Holt, Farnham, Surrey


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