Cultivation
The cultivar is now being widely planted in cities, notably Paris, and rural areas of France. In trials in southern England, the tree has proven very hardy, tolerant of sea winds, summer droughts, and ground waterlogged during winter. However, some trees proved susceptible to wind-rock and have required staking for up to six years. Lutèce is cold hardy, and has survived winter temperatures as low as - 30° C at Julita in Sweden.
Over 4000 Lutèce have been planted on the Isle of Wight by the Island 2000 Trust, and in lower concentrations on the mainland, mostly by Butterfly Conservation and the Forestry Commission in the hope the tree will host the White-letter Hairstreak butterfly Satyrium w-album, a monophagic species which remains in serious decline as a consequence of Dutch elm disease Lutèce was introduced to North America in 2010, with the arrival of two small specimens at the National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.; it is not known to have been introduced to Australasia.
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