species
Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan · Mountain ash
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Sorbus aucuparia belongs to the family Rosaceae, also known as Rowan or Mountain ash, native to the UK. It reaches 8 m tall and 4 m across in about 20 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on clay, loam, sand, chalk or peat soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in well drained or moist conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It tolerates coastal exposure. It flowers from May to June. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 8 m tall × 4 m across, after about 20 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Clay, Loam, Sand, Chalk, Peat
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Well drained, Moist
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Native
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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