The European White Elm

European White Elm

Ulmus laevis Pall., the European White Elm, Fluttering Elm, Spreading Elm and, in the USA, Russian Elm, is a large deciduous tree native to Europe, from France northeast to southern Finland, east as far as the Urals, and southeast to Bulgaria and the Crimea; there is also a disjunct population in...

 Ulmus laevis cultivar 'Colorans' was listed by Kirchnerhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102729, in Petzoldhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102728 & Kirchner, Arb. Muscav. 559, 1864 as U. effusa (: laevis) var. colorans.

Description

The tree was described as having leaves turning a rich scarlet red in autumn, not golden yellow.

Cultivation

'Colorans' was rarely grown in the UK. There have been trees said to be of this type in Hailsham

Hailsham

Hailsham is a civil parish and the largest of the five main towns in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the town of Hailsham has had a long history of industry and agriculture...

, East Sussex

East Sussex

East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...

 (regrowth of the type survives on the Cuckoo Trail there, 2006). A single tree with much narrower foliage survives in Brighton

Brighton

Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...

, as a street tree (2007). The tree is not known to remain in cultivation elsewhere.

Synonymy

• Ulmus campestris var. rubescens: Schwerin http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=117300, Mitt. Deut. Dendr. Ges 20: 423 1911.
• Ulmus effusa (: laevis) rubescens: Herder http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102546, Gartenflora 20: 347 1871.
• Ulmus pedunculata (: glabra) var. erubescens: Elwes
  Henry John Elwes
  Henry John Elwes, FRS was a British botanist, entomologist, author, lepidopterist, naturalist, collector and traveller who became renowned for collecting specimens of lilies during trips to the Himalayas and Korea. He was the first person to receive the Victoria Medal of the Royal Horticultural...
  
   http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102479, in Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A.
  Augustine Henry
  Augustine Henry was an Irish plantsman and sinologist. He is best known for sending over 15,000 dry specimens and seeds and 500 plant samples to Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom. By 1930, he was a recognised authority and was honoured with society membership in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Finland,...
  
   (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII.

Europe

• Brighton & Hove
  Brighton & Hove
  Brighton and Hove is a unitary authority area and city on the south coast of England. It is England's most populous seaside resort.In 1997 Brighton and Hove were joined to form the unitary authority of Brighton and Hove, which was granted city status by Queen Elizabeth II as part of the millennium...
  
   City Council, UK, NCCPG elm collection, http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1108042 single tree in Dyke Road Drive.