The Siberian elm cultivar Ulmus pumila 'Dwarf Weeper' was discovered in a western Illinois garden and sold by the Arborvillage Nursery (ceased trading in 2006) Holt, Missouri.Arborvillage Nursery Catalog 2005-6
Description The tree was described as "a strongly weeping little plant growing perhaps after many years". A specimen at the Arborvillage Nursery was less than after 3 years.
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.
Cultivation Restricted to North America; the only known introduction to Europe, is at the Grange Farm Arboretum, England.
Putative specimen A notably pendulous small-leaved elm in the JC Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, North Carolina (2019), labelled Ulmus minor subsp. minor 'Pendula', 'Weeping small-leaved elm', has U. pumila-type fruit and is indistinguishable in leaf and form from U. pumila 'Dwarf Weeper'. The arboretum acquired other specimen trees from Arborvillage Nursery, Holt, Missouri.Ulmus minor subsp. minor 'Pendula', 'Weeping small-leaved elm', JC Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, North Carolina
Accessions Europe Grange Farm Arboretum, Sutton St James, Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK. Acc. No. 521
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