Rogers Trees and Shrubs - Sorbus torminalis Tree


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Sorbus torminalis. Click a photo to enlarge it. back to list

synonyms: Bastard Service Tree, Wild Service Tree

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tree/shrub type: Broad leaved trees and shrubs

foliage: Deciduous

size: Smaller garden trees (up to 10m)

leaf type: Composite leaves

types of fruit: Trees and shrubs with decorative fruit or berries

flowering period: Spring

leaf colour: Leaves green, Leaves silver

plants for a purpose: Trees and shrubs with decorative white flowers

growing conditions: Frost tolerant plants USDA zone 7 to -10°F or -22°C

Sorbus torminalis (Ilse) Fritsch Bastard Service Tree Wild Service Tree A hybrid between S. aria and S. aucuparia, sometimes planted in gardens and streets. Height to about 12m (40ft). Flowers open in May, each about 1.2cm (˝in) across in flowerheads 6-10cm (2Ľ-4in) across with downy stems. Fruits are about 1.2cm (˝in) across and ripen in September, sometimes with a few brown speckles. Leaves reflect the parent trees, deeply lobed with 1-4 pairs of free leaflets at the base. They are dark green above and white felty below. Leaf bud is about 0.8cm (1/3 in) long, dark red-brown. Bark is smooth dull grey with shallow cracks. Z6.

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Ian Pickering (United Kingdom) - 12 September 2011 Wild Service Tree in Maulden Wood in Bedfordshire.

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