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Sorbus poteriifolia

Sorbus poteriifolia
Photo: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0

Sorbus poteriifolia is a high-altitude rowan shrub from south-central China and northern Myanmar, grown as an ornamental and valued by the RHS. It is best suited to cool climates, as it naturally grows at 3,000 to 4,000 m.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during dry spells in the first years, then let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, moist, fertile loam; tolerates neutral to slightly acid soil.
Temperature
Hardy to around -20 °C; prefers cool summers and suffers in hot, humid heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SC. China to N. Myanmar
Climate
temperate

About

Sorbus poteriifolia is a species of rowan native to south-central China and northern Myanmar. It is a shrub found at 3,000 to 4,000 m (9,800 to 13,100 ft) above sea level. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.

Other Sorbus plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sorbus poteriifolia 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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