Ulmus × hollandica 'Tricolor'
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Ulmus × hollandica 'Tricolor' was first listed as U. suberosa tricolor by C. de Vos http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=172332 in Woordenbeck 137, 1867.
in the 19th century by the Ulrich nursery , Warsaw
, and may still survive in Eastern Europe
; it is not known to have been introduced to North America
or Australasia
.
Description
The tree was distinguished by its silver-variegated foliage, the leaves near the tips of growing branches coloured red; it was not a rapid grower, however .Cultivation
Beyond western Europe, the tree was known to have been marketed (as U. montana 'Tricolor') in PolandPoland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
in the 19th century by the Ulrich nursery , Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, and may still survive in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
; it is not known to have been introduced to North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
or Australasia
Australasia
Australasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...
.
Synonymy
- Ulmus campestris elegans foliis argenteo variegatis Hort.: GoeschkeFranz GoeschkeFranz Goeschke ; was a German horticulturist who was a lecturer and director at the school of horticulture in Proskau.His father, Gottlieb Göschke was also a noted horticulturalist....
http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=171926, Bunte Geholze 46, 1900. - Ulmus suberosa tricolor: C. de Vos http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=172332 in Woordenbeck 137, 1867.