Tags: Cultivar (Cultivated Variety).
The Belgian Elm Ulmus × hollandica ‘Belgica’ became popular throughout Belgium and the Netherlands in the 19th century both as an ornamental and as a shelter-belt tree. It was the ‘Hollandse iep’ (:’Dutch elm’) in these countries as distinct from the tree known as ‘Dutch Elm’ in Great Britain and Ireland since the 17th century: Ulmus × hollandica ‘Major’.
