Tags: Cultivar (Cultivated Variety).
Ulmus × hollandica ‘Elegantissima’ was the name given by A. R. Horwood in his Flora of Leicestershire and Rutland (1933) to an elm found in those counties and later identified by Melville as a natural hybrid between U. glabra and U. minor var. plotii. According to Melville the hybrid occurs in the main areas of Plot Elm distribution where it is more common than Plot Elm itself. he tree is sometimes known simply as the ‘Midlands Elm’. The tree should not be confused with U.
