| Description | A very showy tree but plagued by problems caused from stress, heat and lack of moisture. |
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| Pronunciation | (Sor-bus)(aw-ku-PA-ria) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-7 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | Prefers average to moist conditions, avoid hot dry sites. |
| Soil & Site | Grows best in well drained acidic soils. |
| Flowers | white, mid to end of May, malodorous, borne on flat top corymbs. |
| Fruit | roundish orange to red pome found in clusters, not persistent |
| Leaves | alternate, pinnately compound, 9-15 leaflets per leaf, leaflets are serrated, dull green in the summer green to yellowish fall color |
| Dimensions | Reaches 20-40 feet tall with 2/3 spread. |
| Propagation | cold stratified seeds |
| Native Site | Native to Europe to western Asia to Siberia. |
| Author's Notes | I have seen old specimens of this tree in the landscape and have watched younger plants quickly die. I think they could be site specific plants. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr), #245-Trees for American Gardens (Donald Wyman) |
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