Ulmus 'Sapporo Gold 2' (Resista) http://www.andre-briant.fr/catalogue-pepinieriste/recherche-par-nom/recherchenom-advanced-1127-ulmus-resista-sapporo-gold-.html is an elm cultivar

Cultivar

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 raised by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

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 (WARF), USA, but only registered and released in France

France

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Description

Very vigorous and rather unruly, maintaining a clean stem has proven difficult, effectively disqualifying 'Sapporo Gold' for street use, consequently it is now promoted primarily as a hedgerow tree. The foliage is similar to 'Sapporo Autumn Gold', which has the same parentage.

Pests and diseases

'Sapporo Gold 2' (Resista) has a high resistance to Dutch elm disease

Dutch elm disease

Dutch elm disease is a disease caused by a member of the sac fungi category, affecting elm trees which is spread by the elm bark beetle. Although believed to be originally native to Asia, the disease has been accidentally introduced into America and Europe, where it has devastated native...

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Cultivation

The tree was registered in 1990 as 'Sapporo Gold 2' (Resista) and has been marketed by André Briant Jeunes Plants http://www.andre-briant.fr, Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou

Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou

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, as a hedging plant ever since.

Europe

• Sir Harold Hillier Gardens
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  , Ampfield
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  , Hampshire
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  , UK. Acc. no. 1991.0891 (listed simply as 'Resista'), single tree planted in Crookhill Field (CK 130), 6.6 m high, 19.0 cm d.b.h. in 2005.