Plant Habit: | Tree |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Wet Wet Mesic Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5) Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 6b |
Plant Height: | 15 to 30 feet, to 60 feet |
Plant Spread: | 15 to 25 feet |
Leaves: | Good fall color Deciduous Broadleaf |
Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall Fall Late fall or early winter |
Flowers: | Showy Blooms on old wood |
Flower Color: | White |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer |
Suitable Locations: | Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree |
Uses: | Flowering Tree Will Naturalize |
Edible Parts: | Fruit |
Eating Methods: | Cooked |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies |
Resistances: | Flood Resistant |
Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous |
Propagation: Seeds: | Stratify seeds: about 38 degrees for 60 to 120 days in cool, moist |
Pollinators: | Various insects |
Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil Monoecious |
Conservation status: | Least Concern (LC) |
chelle | On November 4, 2014 | Transplanted Garage and shed wall bed, center. Tag reads Sorbus Americana 'Boundary County'. Unsure if that's a new cultivar name, or if it just denotes where it came from. |
tinytreez | From January 12, 2020 to June 1, 2020 | Obtained plant Seeds obtained from Mount Royal Seeds. Seeds soaked in lukewarm water for 24 hours. Seeds placed in moist paper towel and stored in plastic sandwich bag and placed inside refrigerator to stratify for ~150 days. Stratification end date: May - June 2020 |