Common Name  

Korean Mountain Ash

Latin Name  

Sorbus alnifolia

Family  

Rosaceae

Categories  

 
 
 
 

Growing Conditions  

Good loam soil and full sun

Uses  

Birds like the fruit.

 

Leaves  

Alternate, simple, two to four inches long, ovate with serrated edge, glossy dark green above and paler below. Showy yellow in fall.

Fruits  

Clusters of purple-red to orange-red half-inch showy pomes. Persisting into winter.

Flowers  

Showy two to three inch, umbrella shaped clusters of five-petal white flowers. Appear in late spring to early summer.

Bark  

Attractive, smooth gray-brown, with white or purple markings.

Shape  

Rounded

Longevity  

75 years

Height  

40'

Width  

30'