The Wych elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Latifolia Aureo-Variegata' was first mentioned by Neubert in Deutsches Magazin für Garten- und Blumenkunde 1871 as Ulmus campestris L. latifolia aureo-variegata.
See also Ulmus glabra 'Luteo Variegata'.
Description Neubert described the tree as "a beautiful new variety with coloured ornamental leaves". Sheet described as Ulmus montana aureo-variegata (Hortus Dahlem specimen, 1925); Sheet described as Ulmus scabra var. fol. variegata (1911)
Cultivation A tree said to be yellow-variegated "mountain elm" elm, Wiąz górski [:U. glabra Huds. ] 'Aureovariegata'", with "dark green leaves interlaced with golden-yellow fragments that irregularly cover a large area of the leaf blade", is sold in a nursery in Poland, where it is described as rare.
Synonymy Ulmus campestris latifolia foliis aureo-variegatis: Baudriller, (Angers, France), Catalogue 43, p. 116, 1880.
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