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.

References

  1. ^ Weston, Richard, The Universal Botanist and Nurseryman 1: 315, 1770
  2. ^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.