| Ulmus pumila 'Dwarf Weeper' | |
|---|---|
 'Dwarf Weeper', Grange Farm Arboretum | |
| Species | Ulmus pumila |
| Cultivar | 'Dwarf Weeper' |
| Origin | US |
The Siberian elm cultivar Ulmus pumila 'Dwarf Weeper' was discovered in a western Illinois garden and sold by the Arborvillage Nursery (ceased trading in 2006) Holt, Missouri. [1]
The tree was described as "a strongly weeping little plant growing 7 ft (2.1 m) perhaps after many years". [1] A specimen at the Arborvillage Nursery was less than 3 ft (0.91 m) after 3 years. [1]
The species and its cultivars are highly resistant, but not immune, to Dutch elm disease, and unaffected by the elm leaf beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola . [2]
Restricted to North America; the only known introduction to Europe, is at the Grange Farm Arboretum, England.
A notably pendulous small-leaved elm in the JC Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, North Carolina (2019), labelled Ulmus minor subsp. minor 'Pendula', 'Weeping small-leaved elm', has U. pumila-type fruit and is indistinguishable in leaf and form from U. pumila 'Dwarf Weeper'. The arboretum acquired other specimen trees from Arborvillage Nursery, Holt, Missouri. [3]