C205: Sorbus thibetica john mitchell

Medium-sized to large tree with an ascending manner of growth: it quickly becomes oval. Old specimens develop an almost rounded crown. The trunk is smooth and dark grey: older trunks flake off somewhat. The young twigs are green and carry soft hairs. From the second year the branches become bare and dark brown. When they emerge the remarkably large leaves are covered with white felt-like hairs. They are silver-grey on the underside and remain so the entire summer. In the autumn the leaves turn yellowish and the underside remains silver-grey up to the last minute. The flowers grow in long-stemmed upright umbels and are followed by round to elliptical fruits that turn orange-red to brownish-red. This tree was introduced from China by Frank Kingdon-Ward. 'John Mitchell is the only clone of S. thibetica that is cultivated.

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