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Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii'

Other Name

Weeping Elm

Location

108 Clarendon Street, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No T11318

File Number

T11318

Level

State

Statement of Significance

Contribution to the landscape
Outstanding size
Aesthetic value

This Weeping Elm is an outstanding example of this cultivar and an important feature in the landscape of the garden which is well known for its botanic qualities.
Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii' cannot reproduce from seed. About 1835 - 1840, the Earl of Camperdown's head forester, David Taylor, discovered a mutant contorted branch growing along the ground in the forest at Camperdown House in Dundee, Scotland. The earl's gardener produced the first Camperdown Elm by grafting it to the trunk of a Ulmus glabra. Every Camperdown Elm in the world is from a cutting taken from that original mutant cutting and is usually grafted on a Wych elm trunk
Situated in front garden cnr. Clarendon & Neil Street,Ballarat.

Measurements: 06/1991
Spread (m): 13.5
Girth (m): 2.35
Height (m): 13
Estimated Age (yrs): 100
Condition: Good

Measurements: 08/03/2004
Spread (m): 13.5
Girth (m):3.1
Height (m): 16
Estimated Age (yrs): 113
Condition: Good

Measurements: 17/8/2011
Spread (m): E-W 11.1; N-S 12.3
Girth (m): 2.4
Height (m): 14.2
Estimated Age (yrs): 120
Condition: Good

Access: Restricted
Classified: 18/07/1991

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees