Ulmus × hollandica 'Fastigiata'
Ulmus × hollandica 'Fastigiata' | |
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![]() Ulmus glabra fastigiata, Zirlau, Silesia (1915) | |
Hybrid parentage | U. glabra × U. minor |
Cultivar | 'Fastigiata' |
Origin | Germany |
The putative hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Fastigiata' was listed and described as Ulmus glabra fastigiata in Graf von Schwerin's Mitteilungen der Deutschen Dendrologischen Gesellschaft (1915) by C. Berndt of the Berndt Nursery, Zirlau, Schweidnitz, who had received it in 1903 "from a renowned nursery in Holstein" as Ulmus montana fastigiata macrophylla, probably the Ulmus montana forma fastigiata macrophylla first mentioned by Dieck in 1885, without description.[1] Berndt reported that U. glabra fastigiata was "easy to confuse with U. montana superba", a tree "known in the Magdeburg region as Ulmus praestans", which suggests that, like that cultivar, it may have been a form of U. × hollandica.[2] An U. campestris glabra fastigiata Arb. Musc. was distributed by the Hesse Nursery, Weener, Germany, in the 1930s.[3]
Berndt's U. glabra fastigiata is possibly synonymous with Bean's U. glabra 'Fastigiata Stricta' (1925).[4]
Not to be confused with the U. montana fastigiata glabra distributed by the Späth nursery, Berlin, in the 1890s and early 1900s,[5] or with Exeter Elm – Loudon's U. montana fastigiata (1838)[6] and Elwes and Henry's U. montana var. fastigiata (1913).[7]
Description
A tree of tight narrow pyramidal growth, the leaf being dark, acuminate, irregularly veined, and often wider at the top than lower down. Berndt reported the tree as "less vigorous than Ulmus montana superba".[2]
Pests and diseases
Unknown.
Cultivation
Ulmus glabra fastigiata was cultivated in Silesia by the Berndt Nursery, Zirlau, Schweidnitz, in the early 20th century. Berndt reported that, though stocked in only a few nurseries, it was praised at the 20th Century Exhibition in Breslau. No specimens are known to survive.
References
- ^ Dieck, Georg (1885). Haupt-catalog der Obst- und gehölzbaumschulen des ritterguts Zöschen bei Merseburg. Zöschen. p. 82.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Berndt, C. (1915). "Notizen über Ulmen". Mitteilungen der Deutschen Dendrologischen Gesellschaft. 24: 288. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ Hesse, Hermann Albert (1932). Preis- und Sortenliste. pp. 96–97. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ Bean, W. J. (1925 edn.) Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain, London
- ^ Katalog (PDF). Vol. 108. Berlin, Germany: L. Späth Baumschulenweg. 1902–1903. pp. 132–133.
- ^ Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum, 3: 1399 (1838)
- ^ Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII.