| Ulmus minor 'Punctata' | |
|---|---|
| Species | Ulmus minor |
| Cultivar | 'Punctata' |
| Origin | Europe |
Thefield elmcultivar 'Punctata' ['spotted', the leaf] first appeared in the 1886–87 catalogue of Simon-Louis ofMetz,France,[1] asU. campestris punctata. It was distributed by theSpäth nursery, Berlin, in the 1890s and early 1900s asU. campestris punctataSim.-Louis, the Späth catalogue listing it separately fromU. campestris fol. argenteo-variegata (which was probably either the Field Elm cultivar'Argenteo-Variegata' or the English Elm cultivar'Argenteo-Variegata') and fromU. campestris fol. argenteo-marginata.[2]Green considered it possibly a synonym of the Field Elm cultivar'Argenteo-Variegata'.[3]
'Punctata' is not to be confused with theEuropean White Elm cultivarU. laevis 'Punctata'.
'Punctata' was described by Simon-Louis as having spotted leaves.[3] Späth's catalogue described leaves as "marbled and splashed with white".[2]
MostU. minor cultivars are susceptible toDutch elm disease, but, if not grafted, can survive throughroot-sucker regrowth.
No specimens are known to survive, unless the tree is synonymous with'Argenteo-Variegata' or'Atinia Variegata', both still cultivated. One tree was planted in 1898 asU. campestris punctata at theDominion Arboretum,Ottawa,Canada.[4] Three specimens supplied by theSpäth nursery, Berlin, to theRBGE in 1902 asU. campestris punctata may survive in Edinburgh, as it was the practice of the Garden to distribute trees about the city (viz. theWentworth Elm);[5] the current list of Living Accessions held in the Gardenper se does not list the plant.[6] A specimen ofU. campestris punctata, obtained from Späth before 1914 and planted in 1916, stood in theRyston Hall arboretum,Norfolk,[7] in the early 20th century.[8] An 'Album Punctatum', with "white-speckled foliage", appeared in the 1902 catalogue of the Bobbink and Atkins nursery,Rutherford, New Jersey.[9]
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