The outbreak of Dutch elm disease in the 1970s ravaged European elm populations, killing more than 25 million trees in Britain alone; the greatest impact was on Ulmus procera, otherwise known as the ...
The canopy of his garden is provided by three stately 120-year-old elms – Ulmus procera (English elm), Ulmus glabra (Wych or Scots elm) and Ulmus x hollandica (Huntingdon elm). They tower over the ...