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Ulmus minor 'Purpurascens'

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Cultivar
  
'Purpurascens'

Origin
  
Europe

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Similar
  
Ulmus minor 'Propendens', Ulmus minor 'Schuurhoek', Ulmus minor 'Goodyeri', Ulmus glabra 'Cornuta', Ulmus minor 'Christine

The putative Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Purpurascens' was listed by Lavallée [1] in Arboretum Segrezianum 236, 1877, as U. campestris var. purpurascens, but without description, and later by Schneider in Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, 1:220, 1904. Krüssmann [2] in Handbuch der Laubgehölze 2: 540, 1962, identified it as a cultivar.

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Green believed the cultivar 'Myrtifolia Purpurea' a synonym of 'Purpurascens'.

Description

The tree has small leaves approximately 25 mm long, tinged with purple when young, but turning dark-green later, and usually remaining a shrub.

Cultivation

For specimens supplied by the Späth nursery as U. campestris myrtifolia purpurea, see 'Myrtifolia Purpurea'.

Notable trees

Two trees survive in Brighton; see under 'Accessions'.

Synonymy

  • Ulmus myrtifolia purpurea (?): Louis de Smet [3], (Ghent, Belgium), Catalogue 10, p. 59, 1877.

    • Accessions

    Europe
  • Brighton & Hove City Council, UK, NCCPG Elm Collection. Brighton & Hove Junior School (1 tree), Cottesmore St. Mary School (1 tree, National Champion) and Davigdor Road (1 tree).

    • References

    Ulmus minor 'Purpurascens' Wikipedia
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