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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 25 to 40 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Other: New leaves are silvery in color, progressing to bluish-green in summer.
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Small reddish-orange berries.
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Resistances: Pollution
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Whitebeam
  • Winterbeam
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Aria edulis
  • Synonym: Sorbus aria

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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-05-20
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-05-20
buds over felted green-grey leaves
Location: Finland
Date: 5/22/2019
Location: Finland
Date: 5/22/2019
Location: Finland
Date: 5/22/2019
Sorbus aria sapling.
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