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Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei'

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Hybrid parentage
  
U. glabra × U. minor

Rank
  
Cultivar

Origin
  
Germany

Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei' Ulmus x hollandica 39WREDEI39 Havliscz

Scientific name
  
Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei'

Similar
  
Ulmus × hollandica, Ulmus 'Camperdownii', Ulmus minor, Ulmus × hollandica 'Jacqueli, Ulmus × hollandica 'Dampieri'

The hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei', also known as Ulmus × hollandica 'Dampieri Aurea', originated as a sport of the cultivar 'Dampieri' at the Alt-Geltow Arboretum, near Potsdam, Germany, in 1875.

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Description

Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei' Ulmus X Hollandica Wredei Tree Golden Elm Trees

The tree is fastigiate when young, but like its parent 'Dampieri' can become more spreading with age. It has broad, crinkled leaves clustered on short shoots; when these are young they are suffused yellow, but as the tree ages they revert to green.

Pests and diseases

'Wredei' is susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei' Wrede39s Golden Elm Ulmus x hollandica 39Wredei39 in Raleigh Chapel

Commonly known as the Golden Elm, 'Wredei' is currently one of the most popular elms on sale in Europe owing to its colourful foliage and modest size. In the UK, the TROBI Champion is at Blaker's Park, Brighton, measuring 17 m high and 57 cm d.b.h. in 2009, when the leaf colour was reverting to green.

Etymology

Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei' ULMUS x hollandica 39Wredei39 Pflanzen null Bruns Site

The tree is named for Joseph Wrede (1831–1912), Royal Horticultural Inspector at the Royal State Nursery, Alt-Geltow, Potsdam, and curator of the Alt-Geltow Arboretum.

Synonymy

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  • Ulmus campestris 'Wredei' Hort. ex Lauche, Deutsch. Dendr. 347 (1880).
  • Ulmus carpinifolia var. Dampieri f. Wredei Juhlke
  • Ulmus dampieri 'Wredei': Krüssmann, in Parey's Blumengartn, ed. 2.1: 519, 1958.
  • Ulmus dampieri var. Wredei: Juhlke [2], in Hamburg Gart.- & Blumenzeit, 33: 485, 1877.
  • Ulmus Dippeliana f. Wredei (Hort.) Schneider, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, 1:218, fig. 136p, 1904.
  • Ulmus × hollandica 'Dampieri Aurea'
  • Ulmus montana var. Dampieri aurea Wrede ex Jaeger & Beissner , Ziergeh. ed. 2, 403 (1884).
  • Ulmus montana var. Dampieri Wredei Ruempler, Gartenbau-Lex. 930(1890). - Rehder in Miller's Deutsch Gartn.-Zeit. 13: 160, fig. (1898).
  • Ulmus montana var. fastigiata aurea Hort. ex Nicholson Kew Hand-list Trees Shrubs, 2: 141 (1896).
  • Ulmus scabra var. Dampieri var. Wredei (Juhlke) Hartwig Illustrirtes Gehölzbuch 393 (1892).
  • Ulmus nitens f. Wredei Rehder in Mitteilungen der Deutschen dendrologischen gesellschaft 24(1915): 218 (1916).
  • Ulmus foliacca var. Wredei Rehder in Bailey, Stand. Cvcl. Hort. 6: 3413 (1917).
  • Ulmus Wreedi aurea: Leach, ex Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of London, 16: lxi, 1893.

    • Accessions

    North America
  • Dominion Arboretum, Canada. No details available.
  • Morton Arboretum, Illinois. Acc. no. 269–57 (as Smooth-leaved Elm, U. carpinifolia 'Wredei')
    • Europe

  • Brighton & Hove City Council, UK, NCCPG Elm Collection [3], listed as U. minor 'Wredei'
  • Grange Farm, Sutton St. James, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. Acc. no. 525 (as Ulmus wredei 'Aurea')
  • Hortus Botanicus Nationalis, Salaspils, Latvia. Acc. no. 18119 (as U × hollandica 'Dampieri Aurea')
  • Royal Horticultural Society Gardens, Wisley. No details available.
  • South Park Gardens, Wimbledon, London. UK champion: 14 m high, 59 cm d.b.h. in 2001.
  • University of Copenhagen Botanic Gardens. No details available.
  • NCCPG Collection, Brighton & Hove, UK. Old tree in Blaker's Park; newly planted trees at Wild Park and Withdean.
  • Wijdemeren City Council, Netherlands, Elm collection. 2 planted (around 1980) playground Rembrand van Rijnlaan, Loosdrecht.
    • Australasia
    Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei' Ulmus x hollandica Wredei Aboutgardencom

  • Ballarat Botanical Gardens, listed on the Significant Tree Register of the National Trust.
  • Eastwoodhill Arboretum [4], Gisborne, New Zealand. One tree (as U. minor 'Wredei'), details not known.

    • Nurseries

    Widely available.

    References

    Ulmus × hollandica 'Wredei' Wikipedia
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