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Ulmus laevis 'Colorans'

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Cultivar
  
'Colorans'

Origin
  
Europe

Similar
  
Ulmus minor 'Purpurascens', Ulmus minor 'Propendens', Ulmus minor 'Schuurhoek', Ulmus parvifolia 'King's Ch

The European White Elm cultivar Ulmus laevis 'Colorans' was listed by Kirchner[1], in Petzold[2] & Kirchner, Arboretum Muscaviense 559, 1864 as U. effusa (: laevis) var. colorans.

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Description

The tree was described as having leaves turning a rich scarlet red in autumn, not golden yellow.

Cultivation

'Colorans' was rarely grown in the UK. There have been trees said to be of this type in Hailsham, East Sussex (regrowth of the type survives on the Cuckoo Trail there, 2006). The tree is not known to remain in cultivation elsewhere.

Synonymy

  • Ulmus campestris var. rubescens: Schwerin [3], Mitteilungen der Deutschen dendrologischen gesellschaft 20: 423 1911.
  • Ulmus effusa (: laevis) rubescens: Herder [4], Gartenflora 20: 347 1871.
  • Ulmus pedunculata (: glabra) var. erubescens: Elwes [5], in Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII.

    • Europe

  • Brighton & Hove City Council, UK, NCCPG Elm Collection.

    • References

    Ulmus laevis 'Colorans' Wikipedia
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