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Whitebeam
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Whitebeam Seeds

Sorbus aria

£5.00 – £10.00 inc. VAT

Whitebeam makes a neat, oval headed tree with grey hairy leaves. It is often planted in streets and gardens. Heads of white flowers in May develop into red berries for the autumn but they are usually eaten by birds before they ripen! Autumn colour is yellow then brown.

Earn up to 10 Points.

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Description

Sorbus aria

Common name: Whitebeam

Native: Europe as far north as Britain.

Provenance: UK

Size and spread (10 years): 8m x 4m

Treatment required: Mildly dormant requires 16 weeks stratification.

Germinal seeds / kg: 31000

Ideal sowing period: Spring

Soil conditions: Most soils including chalk, windswept and maritime areas.

Planting instructions: A sunny, open spot will give best flowering and foliage colour

Mature height: 15m x 10m

pic courtesy of Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Additional information

Weight 2.5 g
Size

Mini Seed Pack (approx 25 seeds), Seed Pack (approx 150 seeds)
Genus

Sorbus
Family

Rosaceae
Flowering Month

May
Colour

white
Hardiness

Hardy
Life Cycle

tree
Evergreen

deciduous
Interest

flowers, fruit
Wildlife

yes
Requires

part shade, sun