Ulmus glabra 'Luteo Variegata' explained

Ulmus glabra 'Luteo Variegata'
Species:	Ulmus glabra
Cultivar:	'Luteo Variegata'
Origin:	England

The Wych Elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Luteo Variegata' was first described by Richard Weston in The Universal Botanist and Nurseryman (1770) as "the gold-striped broad-leaved wych elm".^[1]

See also Ulmus glabra 'Latifolia Aureo-Variegata'.

Description

Weston described the tree simply as having leaves variegated with yellow.^[2]

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive. The tree is not known to be in commerce, nor to have been introduced to North America or Australasia.

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/stream/universalbotani00westgoog#page/n346/mode/2up Weston, Richard, The Universal Botanist and Nurseryman 1: 315, 1770
2. Green . Peter Shaw . Peter Shaw Green . 1964 . Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia . 24. 41–80 . 6–8 . . 16 February 2017.