Ulmus 'Amsterdam'
Ulmus 'Amsterdam'
Genus	Ulmus
Hybrid parentage	'Bea Schwarz' × U. minor
Cultivar	'Amsterdam'
Origin	Baarn, The Netherlands

Ulmus 'Amsterdam' is a Dutch cultivar raised at the Huis Groeneveld in Baarn from a crossing by Hanneke Went in 1942 of the early cultivar Ulmus minor 'Bea Schwarz' with another French U. minor, and introduced by Albert Hoekstra, former director of Amsterdam's horticulture department.^[1] In the Netherlands it is classified as Ulmus minor 'Amsterdam'.^[1][2]

'Amsterdam' is very slender growing in its youth, with rather small, light green leaves. Eventually it becomes a medium-sized tree with a narrow ovate crown. The leaves turn a rich yellow in autumn and remain attached to the tree for a period much longer than is normal for the genus. The tree is also distinguished by its trunk, which widens conspicuously at the base.^[1]

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  Trunk base
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  'Amsterdam' leaves

The tree has a moderate resistance to Dutch elm disease, rated as 3/5.^[1]

'Amsterdam' is perceived to be ideally suited to urban locations where trees of small size are preferred. The cultivar has had only a very limited impact on the Dutch townscape, largely restricted to the streets of Amsterdam, notably the Weesperstraat.^[1] Among rural plantings in the Netherlands are three trees by the roundabout at the south end of the Iepenallee 's-Gravelandsevaartweg, Loosdrecht,^[2][3] planted in 2019 as part of Wijdemeren City Council's elm collection, assembled since 2003 by tree manager Martin Tijdgat and his colleagues.^[4][1][5] The tree is little known beyond the Netherlands.

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  Line of 'Amsterdam' on the Sloterkade (2019)^[6]

Named for the city of Amsterdam.

• Grange Farm Arboretum, Sutton St. James, Spalding, Lincs., UK. Acc. no. 815.
• Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, UK. One specimen bordering Crookhill overflow parking area. Acc. no. 2017.0371

• Noordplant [1], Glimmen, Netherlands.