Ulmus pumila 'Poort Bulten'

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Ulmus pumila 'Poort Bulten'
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'Poort Bulten' at the Arboretum Poort Bulten, Losser, NL
Species Ulmus pumila
Cultivar 'Poort Bulten'
OriginNetherlands

Ulmus pumila, or 'Poort Bulten,' is a Siberian elm cultivar propagated from a tree in Arboretum Poort Bulten in Losser, Netherlands. The original, planted c.1912 by landscape architect Leonard Springer, was included in what was mainly a collection of evergreens, most of which were felled for firewood during World War II. Following a post-war inventory error, for many years the tree was mistaken for Planera aquatica or 'water elm' and commercially propagated under that name. [1] Later research determined it an U. pumila form from Mongolia. [2]

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Description

The tree has smaller, paler green leaves than the type, while the trunk has a very rough bark. [3] [4] [5] Planera and Ulmus fruit are easily distinguished, [6] so the identity confusion in Losser suggests that the original specimen was slow to produce seed.

Pests and diseases

See under Ulmus pumila .

Cultivation

'Poort Bulten' is not known to have been introduced to North America or Australasia.

Putative specimens

A Siberian elm with rough bark and leaves smaller than those of 'Pinnato-ramosa', that remain light green all summer, matching those of 'Poort Bulten', stands near the entrance to Rocheid Path at the northern end of Arboretum Avenue, Edinburgh (2025). [7] Though planted c.1980, the tree does not yet produce fruit.

Notable trees

The original still stands (2024). When planted in 1912 it stood among other elms at the back of the park, but following a change of main entrance, it now stands at the front. [2]

Synonymy

Accessions

Europe

Nurseries

Europe

Notes

  1. ↑ Ulmus pumila 'Poort Bulten', Morton Arboretum
  2. 1 2 Toine van der Heijden, 'Siberian elm', Poort Bulten, December 2021; zakenkrant.nl
  3. ↑ systematics.mortonarb.org/ulmus/elmCultivar.270.html
  4. ↑ Ulmus pumila 'Poort Bulten' (Siberische iep), photo gallery, arboretum-poortbulten.nl
  5. ↑ "Herbarium specimen - L.1587208". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center.Ulmus formerly labelled Planera aquatica (specimen from Zuiderpark, Den Haag, 1955); "Herbarium specimen - L.1582326". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center.Ulmus formerly labelled Planera aquatica (specimen from Hillier & Sons, Winchester, 1952); "Herbarium specimen - L.1582325". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center.Ulmus formerly labelled Planera aquatica (specimen from Arboretum national des Barres, Nogent-sur-Vernisson, 1949)
  6. ↑ Wilkinson, Gerald, Epitaph for the Elm (London, 1978), p.47
  7. ↑ Putative 'Poort Bulten', Arboretum Av., Edinburgh; seen 'above' steps of 1 Reid Terrace - Google Maps, July 2019, access date: 27 December 2024
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