Ulmus × hollandica 'Commelin' is a Dutch hybrid cultivar released for sale in 1960. The tree was raised at Baarn as clone 274 by the Foundation Willie Commelin Scholten Phytopathological Laboratory in
'Commelin' Uithuizermeeden, Netherlands.
'Commelin' in winter, Klaas Wiersumweg, Roodeschool, Groningen, the Netherlands
The Dutch hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Groeneveld' was cloned in 1949 at the De Dorschkamp Institute, Wageningen, and released in 1963 in response to the earlier, less virulent form of Dutc
Ulmus × hollandica 'Commelin'
…the disease became apparent, sales plummeted, and only 500 were sold in 1990. However, neither 'Commelin' nor its slightly less vulnerable contemporary 'Groeneveld' had sold in great numbers beyond the Netherlands, although it was later used in hybridization experiments in the United States as female parent of…
'Groeneveld' Stanmer Park, Brighton, UK
'Groeneveld' leaves