The Chinese elm cultivar Ulmus parvifolia 'Chessins' is a compact lacebark elm used in landscaping. Krüssmann (1976) states that it was raised in Japan.Krüssmann, Johann Gerd, Handbuch der Laubgehölze (Vol. 3) (Paul Parey, Berlin and Hamburg, 1976); trans. Michael E. Epp, Manual of Cultivated Broad-Leaved Trees and Shrubs (Vol. 3) (Batsford, Timber Press, Beaverton, Oregon, 1984-6), p.411
Description 'Chessins' has been described as "a true miniature" with "spreading, sometimes pendulous branches and tiny dark glossy leaves".Wright, Michael (ed.), The Complete Indoor Gardener (London 1988), p.193 Krüssmann describes it as "shrubby" and states that, like 'Frosty', introduced from Japan at around the same time, it has white-variegated leaves.Levy-Yamamori, Ran; Taaffe, Gerard, Garden Plants of Japan (2004), p.252
Pests and diseases The species and its cultivars are highly resistant, but not immune, to Dutch elm disease, and unaffected by the elm leaf beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola.
Accessions North America None known
Europe Brighton & Hove City Council, UK. NCCPG Elm Collection. Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, UK. Acc. no. 1978.0869
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