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Sorbus rosea

Sorbus rosea
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sorbus rosea is a small rowan tree from the western Himalaya, grown mainly for its pink flowers, pink-tinted berries and autumn leaf colour. It is a hardy ornamental that needs a sunny to lightly shaded spot in cool, well-drained soil.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply during dry spells in the first few years, then let the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Moist but well-drained, neutral to slightly acidic loam.
Temperature
Hardy to around -20 °C; cool summers suit it best.
How easy
Easy
Native range
W. Himalaya
Climate
temperate

About

Sorbus rosea is a species of rowan native to Kashmir in Pakistan. It is a small tree with large pink flowers and berries, dark green leaves turning to red in the Autumn, and reddish bark with silver patches. 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 rosea 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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