Ulmus × hollandica 'Folia Rhomboidea'
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| Ulmus | |
|---|---|
| Cultivar | 'Folia Rhomboidea' |
| Origin | Belgium |
The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Folia Rhomboidea' is one of a number of cultivars possibly arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm Ulmus glabra with a variety of Field Elm Ulmus minor. First mentioned by Morren in Jour. Agric. Prat. Belg. 4: 509, 511, 1851 as U. campestris latifolia, foliis rhomboides.
Description
Reputed to resemble 'Pitteurs' but for the rhomboid shape of the leaf.[1]
Cultivation
Once grown on the Pitteurs estate, Sint-Truiden, Belgium. Probably extinct.