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Ulmus minor 'Biltii'

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Cultivar
  
'Biltii'

Origin
  
de Bilt, Netherlands

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The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Biltii' was selected by Bernard Groenewegen at his nursery in de Bilt, Netherlands, possibly from French seedlings.

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Description

Groenewegen identified the tree in his catalogue of 1921-22 as U. campestris Biltii, having a compact, pyramidal crown, not unlike the Cornish Elm, with crowded, dark green and nearly round leaves. The tips of the younger shoots tinged purplish-bronze, contrasting with the yellowish-green emergent leaves.

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive.

Synonymy

  • Ulmus campestris 'Biltil': Pierre Lombarts' Royal Nurseries (Zundert, Netherlands) catalogue of 1959-60, p. 83. Misspelling.
  • References

    Ulmus minor 'Biltii' Wikipedia