Ulmus × hollandica 'Folia Rhomboidea' explained

Ulmus × hollandica 'Folia Rhomboidea'
Hybrid:	U. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar:	'Folia Rhomboidea'
Origin:	Belgium

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.

Notes and References

1. 4. 511. Morren. Charles. 1851. Nouvelle notice. Journal d'agriculture pratique.
2. Green . Peter Shaw . Peter Shaw Green . 1964 . Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia . 24. 41–80 . 6–8 . . 16 February 2017.