Ulmus 'Globosa' - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The cultivar 'Globosa' was first described (as Ulmus campestris globosa Behnsch ) in the Späth nursery

Späth nursery

The Späth family created one of the world's most notable plant nurseries of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The nursery had been founded in 1720 by Christoph Späth but removed to the erstwhile district of Baumschulenweg in south-east Berlin in 1863 when Franz Ludwig Späth succeeded his father...

catalogue of 1892-93. Considered "probably Ulmus carpinifolia (: minor)" by Green

Description

Späth described the tree as having an uninterrupted, very dense, strongly branched, globose crown with firm, coriaceous shining leaves, but very different from 'Umbraculifera'.

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