Ulmus glabra 'Luteo Variegata'

The Wych Elm Ulmus glabra cultivar 'Luteo Variegata' was first described by Richard Weston in Bot. Univ 1: 315 1770.

Description

Weston described the tree simply as having leaves variegated with yellow.^[1]

The tree is not known to be in commerce, nor to have been introduced to North America or Australasia.

Four trees are reputed to survive in Edinburgh, along Castle Terrace; last measured in 1989, the largest was 18 m high, 62 cm d.b.h. ^[2]

^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia Vol. 24, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
^ Johnson, Owen (ed.) (2003). Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland. Whittet Press, ISBN 978-1-873580-61-5.

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