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Hedlundia intermedia

Sorbus intermedia

Also called Swedish whitebeam, Rose Family, Roses

Hedlundia intermedia
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Hedlundia intermedia, the Swedish whitebeam, is a medium-sized deciduous tree from northern Europe, widely planted as a hardy street and park tree. It is easy to grow in open sites with ordinary soil.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water young trees regularly during their first dry summers, then rely mostly on rainfall.
Soil
Tolerates a wide range of soils, including urban and compacted ground, but prefers well-drained soil.
Temperature
Hardy to around -30 °C; tolerates cold winters well.
How easy
Easy

About

Hedlundia intermedia or, formerly, Sorbus intermedia, the Swedish whitebeam, is a species of whitebeam found in southern Sweden, with scattered natural occurrences in Estonia, Latvia, easternmost Denmark (Bornholm), the far southwest of Finland, and northern Poland. It also occurs in England

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Where it grows

In the Nordic countries, the tree typically grows in forests, pastures or forest edges.

Other Sorbus plants

Mountain Ash · Alniaria folgneri · Micromeles hemsleyi · Micromeles thibetica · American mountain-ash · Rowan · Kashmir Rowan · Japanese Rowan · Sorbus forrestii · Sorbus frutescens · Sorbus poteriifolia · Sorbus pseudohupehensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hedlundia intermedia 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.

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