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Sorbus ulleungensis

Sorbus ulleungensis
Photo: Daderot, CC0

Sorbus ulleungensis is a medium-sized upright rowan tree from Ulleung Island, Korea, grown for its large leaves that turn red and orange in autumn and its bright red berries. The cultivar 'Olympic Flame' is the form most often grown in gardens, and it holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam or garden soil
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; protect young trees from severe frost
How easy
Easy
Native range
Korea (Ulleungdo)
Climate
temperate

About

Sorbus ulleungensis is a species of rowan native to Ulleung Island of South Korea. Its cultivar 'Olympic Flame' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental. This medium-sized upright tree, growing to 8 m (26 ft), has large leaves which turn brilliant shades of red and orange in Autumn. Small white flowers in Spring are followed by bright red berries in the Autumn.

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 ulleungensis 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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