Ulmus glabra 'Latifolia Aureo-Variegata' explained

Ulmus glabra 'Latifolia Aureo-Variegata'
Species:	Ulmus glabra
Cultivar:	'Latifolia Aureo-Variegata'
Origin:	Europe

The Wych elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Latifolia Aureo-Variegata' was first mentioned by Neubert in Deutsches Magazin für Garten- und Blumenkunde 1871 as Ulmus campestris L. latifolia aureo-variegata.^[1]

See also Ulmus glabra 'Luteo Variegata'.

Description

Neubert described the tree as "a beautiful new variety with coloured ornamental leaves".^{[2] [3]}

Cultivation

A tree said to be yellow-variegated "mountain elm" elm, Wiąz górski [:''U. glabra'' <small>Huds. </small>] 'Aureovariegata'", with "dark green leaves interlaced with golden-yellow fragments that irregularly cover a large area of the leaf blade", is sold in a nursery in Poland, where it is described as rare.^[4]

Synonymy

• Ulmus campestris latifolia foliis aureo-variegatis: Baudriller, (Angers, France), Catalogue 43, p. 116, 1880.

Notes and References

1. 1871. Neue empschlenswerthe Pflanzen. Deutsches Magazin für Garten- und Blumenkunde, p.343. 2027/hvd.32044102805033?urlappend=%3Bseq=399 .
2. Green . Peter Shaw . Peter Shaw Green . 1964 . Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia . 24. 41–80 . 6–8 . . 16 February 2017.
3. Sheet described as Ulmus montana aureo-variegata (Hortus Dahlem specimen, 1925); Sheet described as Ulmus scabra var. fol. variegata (1911)
4. Web site: Wiąz górski 'Aureovariegata'. Szkółki Konieczko.