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Sorbus pseudohupehensis

Sorbus pseudohupehensis, the Chinese mountain ash, is a small rowan tree from Yunnan in China, grown for its white spring flowers, berries and autumn colour. It is hardy and easy to grow in a sunny spot with good drainage.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply during dry spells in the first few years, then rely mostly on rain.
Soil
Well-drained, moist loam; tolerates a range of soil types.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect young trees from severe frost and hot drying winds.
How easy
Easy
Native range
China (Yunnan)
Climate
temperate

About

Sorbus pseudohupehensis, the Chinese mountain ash, is a species of rowan native to Yunnan province in China. Available from commercial suppliers under a variety of names, 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 poteriifolia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sorbus pseudohupehensis 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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