Ulmus minor 'Viminalis Stricta'

The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Viminalis Stricta' (:'narrow'), formerly known as U. campestris var. viminalis stricta,^[1] is a fastigiate form of Ulmus minor 'Viminalis'. A herbarium specimen at Kew labelled U. campestris var. viminalis f. stricta ^[2] was considered by Melville a form of his U. × viminalis.^[3]

Ulmus minor 'Viminalis Stricta'
Species	Ulmus minor
Cultivar	'Stricta'

Description

A tree of narrow and "very rigid" growth.^[3]: 75 A herbarium leaf-specimen shows a leaf resembling that of the type tree, 'Viminalis'.^[4]

Pests and diseases

Trees of the U. minor 'Viminalis' group are very susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

A narrow, rigid form of Melville's U. × viminalis, Easton, Cambridgeshire (2015)^[5]

No specimens are known to survive. There was a 'Viminals Stricta' at Kew Gardens in the early 20th century.^[1]

Non-ornamental trees identified as Melville's U. × viminalis and matching the form of 'Stricta' occur in East Anglia.^[5]

Notable trees

A fine specimen noted by Henry at Milton Abbey, Dorset, in 1913 of what he called U. campestris var. viminalis, which "resembled in habit the Cornish elm", may have been a form of U. minor 'Viminalis' similar to 'Stricta'.^[6]