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English Whitebeam

Hedlundia anglica

English Whitebeam
Photo: Bruce Calvert, CC BY 4.0

English whitebeam is a rare small tree or multi-stemmed shrub, endemic to southwest England, Wales and southwest Ireland, with only around 600 individuals in Britain. It is grown mainly by specialist collectors and conservation gardens rather than commonly in gardens.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water young trees regularly during their first dry summers, then rely mostly on rainfall.
Soil
Well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil, often on limestone or rocky ground.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates, roughly -15 °C or colder; protect young plants from late frosts.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Ireland, W. & SW. Great Britian
Climate
temperate

About

Hedlundia anglica, formerly Sorbus anglica, the English whitebeam, is a species of whitebeam tree in the family Rosaceae. It is endemic to Ireland and the United Kingdom, with an entire British population estimated at 600 individuals.

Where it grows

Hedlundia anglica is found in several widely scattered sites in southwestern England, Wales, and around Killarney in southwestern Ireland.

Other Hedlundia plants

Finnish Whitebeam · Mougeot's Whitebeam · False Rowan

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hedlundia anglica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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