C236: Sorbus folgneri

County Champion
Tree C236
Accession number
C236
Botanical name
Sorbus folgneri
Common name
FOLGNERS ROWAN
Distribution
CHINA
Year planted
1970
Adoption
Adoption status
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Native of Central and S.W. China; introduced by Wilson for Messrs Veitch about 1901. It varies somewhat in the more or less pendent character of its branches, and in one form, named f. pendula by Rehder, the habit is beautifully elegant, the branches arching outwards and drooping at the ends, and the leaves vividly white beneath.

The seasonal displays of S. folgneri can be among the finest exhibited by a wild Sorbus species introduced into this country, but under conditions of cultivation they are provokingly variable. The foliage, though quite distinct in character, may alter in tinge from year to year.

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