Showy Mountainash
Botanical Name:
Sorbus decora- Upright, oval to rounded crown with ascending branches
- Blue-green compound leaves in the summer turn reddish-purple in the fall
- Flat-topped clusters of small white flowers
- Flowers give way to drooping clusters of shiny red berries late in the summer
- Bloom Time: Late spring
Hardiness Zone
2
Flower Colour
- White
Height
8 m-10 m
Spread
6 m-8 m
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Showy Mountainash
Exposure
- Full Sun
- Partial Sun/Shade
Soil Moisture
- Moist to Average
- Moist to Wet Soils
- Well-drained
Attracts Wildlife
- Attracts Birds
Growth Rate
- Medium
Foliage Colour
- Green (dark)
- Purple
- Red
Attributes
- Berries
- Deciduous
- Fall Color
- Native to Ontario
Flowering Time
- Lt. Spr-Sum
Shape
- Oval
- Rounded
Garden Uses
- Naturalizing
- Specimen
Additional Details
Growing Tips & Maintenace
- A good lawn specimen with its white flowers followed by showy berries. Showy mountainash can tolerate different levels of soil moisture and some shade.
Additional Notes
- Native to Ontario and parts of North America. Birds love to eat the berries from showy mountainash, especially in the winter when other foods are hard to find. Mountain ash has ash-like leaves, but are members of the rose family, and are not related to true ash (Fraxinus of the olive family). Sorbus are not a host plant of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis).
Size: 40mm WB
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