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Over 400 varieties of flowering cherries, crab apples, rowans and other ornamental trees.
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Varieties
10 varieties
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Leaf colour
- Bluish-green
Leaf colour
- Grey-green
Category
- Rowan trees
Category
- Whitebeam trees
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Categories
Evergreen trees
2
Flowering pears
2
Hawthorn trees
1
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
9
Sorbus (Whitebeam) trees
7
Stock availability
All
10
In stock
4
Not in stock
6
Available form
1-year
1
2-year
4
3-year
Top-worked
Spindlebush
Available as
Bare-root
1
12L pot
4
7L pot
1
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
10
Average
Experienced
Awards
?
RHS AGM (current)
5
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
2
Attractive fruit
7
Attractive tree / plant
3
Attractive bark
Attractive foliage
6
Autumn foliage colour
5
Variegated foliage
Scented flowers
Scented foliage
Seed heads / pods
Winter colour
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
1
Growth habit
?
Columnar / Fastigiate
Upright
1
Upright-spreading / Vase
7
Pyramidal
Spreading / Flat-topped
1
Weeping
Multi-stem
Height after 10 years
Up to 1.5m / 5ft
1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
10
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
2
Some shade
Tolerates shade
Pruning
Do not prune
2
No need to prune
Light prune
6
Prune after flowering
Prune hard
Growth rate
?
Fast
1
Average
4
Slow
2
Site conditions
Sheltered site
1
Windy site
3
Free-draining site
Occasional flooding
5
Occasional drought
Coastal site
6
Air pollution
1
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
10
RHS Plants for Pollinators
3
Melliferous
Seeds / fruits useful for animals
Identification
Flower colour
White
9
Cream
Pink - light
1
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Magenta
Purple
Mauve
Yellow
Flower form
?
Single flower (5-8 petals)
Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Double flower (25-50 petals)
Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
9
June
4
July
August
September
November
December
Leaf colour
Green
38
Bronze
Dark purple
Grey-green
8
Bluish-green
2
Yellow
Yellow-green
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
1
Yellow
1
Yellow / Crimson
Orange / Gold
2
Orange / Red
1
Bronze / Purple
1
Multiple tints
3
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
Flowers appear first
Leaves and Flowers appear together
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
2
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
1
Orange / Red
2
Pink
1
Purple
Red
1
Red - dark
Red / Black
Russet
Yellow
1
Yellow / Orange
1
Yellow / Red
White
1
Fruit size
Very small
Small
Average
Large
Very large
Fruit persistence
?
Normal ripening
1
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
Persistent
9
Food uses
Jam / Jelly
Bark
White
Grey
Brown - light
Brown - chocolate
Brown / Red
Copper / Purple
Striated - brown
Striated - red
Peeling
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
1
China
2
Denmark
France
1
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea
Netherlands
New Zealand
Portugal
Russia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
3
United States
Annual cycle
Deciduous
10
Evergreen
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Varieties list
Amber Light
A typical Mountain Ash or Rowan, with particularly persistent red berries.
Fruit colour: Orange
Sorbus
Emiel
Emiel has long leaves, with silvery-green undersides, turning orange in autumn.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus folgneri
John Mitchell
John Mitchell is a popular whitebeam, notable for its large white-green leaves.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Brown
Sorbus x aria
Kashmir rowan
An unusual rowan, with light pink blossom, and white fruitlets, which are larger than usual for rowans.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus cashmiriana
Lemon Drop
Lemon Drop is a small whitebeam tree, with the characteristic white undersides to its leaves. As the name suggests, the fruitlets are bright yellow.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Sorbus folgneri
Lutescens
An excellent garden tree, very hardy, easy to grow, and tolerant of a wide range of soils and conditions. Grey-green leaves turn russet in autumn, with orange berries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus aria
Majestica
Majestica is a classic large Whitebeam, with silvery-grey leaves contrasting in autumn with clusters of orange-red berries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus aria
Pink Pagoda
Pink Pagoda features clusters of pale pink fruits in late summer, and good autumn foliage colours.
Fruit colour: Pink
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Sorbus hupehensis
Sorbus hedlundii
A little-known whitebeam species, it features the classic downy grey-green leaves, and russeted fruitlets in autumn.
Fruit colour: Brown
Sorbus hedlundii
Sorbus wardii
A little-known Whitebeam from the Himalayas, featuring large silver-green leaves and yellow-orange berries.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus wardii