Beautifully veined mountain ash Sorbus caloneura

ABOUT
S. caloneura is a large shrub or small tree, up to 12m tall in the wild, 4-5m tall in cultivation, with erect stems and wide-spreading branches in a flat-topped, tiered crown. The doubly-toothed simple leaves appear in early spring, or even late winter, and are at first bronze-tinted before becoming green and then turning golden-orange in autumn. Dense clusters, 5-8cm across, of clear white flowers with pink-purple anthers appear in early summer, followed by rounded or pear-shaped brown fruits, about 1cm long, in late summer and early autumn
About this plant
Names
Family
Rosaceae
Synonyms
beautifully veined mountain ash
Common names
Sorbus aronioides
Characteristics
Foliage type
Deciduous
Height
4-8 metres
Spread
2.5-4 metres
Hardiness zones
H6
Light
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Pruning
No pruning required / group 1
Soil
SoilChalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Suitable locations
Hardiness zone
Low Maintenance Hedging & Screens Coastal Cottage & Informal Garden City & Courtyard Gardens Wildlife Gardens
Propogation
Propagate by seed
Pests
May be affected by aphids, woolly aphid, fruit tree red spider mite, mussel scale and other scale insects, a gall mite, mountain ash blister mite / pear blister mite, leaf weevils, and leopard moth
Diseases
May be affected by a rust (Gymnosporangium cornutum), honey fungus, Phytophthora root and collar rots, silver leaf, fireblight, coral spot, and apple canker