Ulmus parvifolia 'Hokkaido'

The Chinese Elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Hokkaido' is an older cultivar of Japanese origin.

Description
A dwarf variety with small green leaves, and with corky bark in older specimens. 'Hokkaido' has been considered "too small for common size bonsai".

Cultivation
'Hokkaido' is relatively common in commercial cultivation on both sides of the Atlantic.

Synonymy

 * 'Microphylla': Anon.
 * Ulmus parvifolia 'Pygmaea', name in synonymy

North America

 * Denver Botanic Gardens, US. No details available.
 * Holden Arboretum, US. Acc. no. L-98-506
 * New York Botanical Garden, US. Acc. no. 1385/96

Europe

 * Cambridge Botanic Garden, University of Cambridge, UK. No details available.
 * National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. Location AY
 * Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK. Acc. no. 19772625
 * Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK. (as cv. 'Pygmaea'). Acc. nos. 1983–5054, 1984-3631
 * Royal Horticultural Society Gardens, Wisley, UK. No details available.
 * Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Ampfield, Hampshire, UK. Acc. no. 2005.0996
 * Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Acc. no. 850208

North America

 * ForestFarm, Williams, Oregon, US.
 * North American Plants, Lafayette, Oregon, US.

Europe
(Widely available)