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Revision as of 17:22, 4 June 2010


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: 30 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30. to 50 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 50.
Width: 25 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 25.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 6 to 10
Scientific Names

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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation
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Scientific Names



Read about Wild Service Tree in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Sorbus torminalis, Crantz (Pyrus torminalis, Ehrh. Torminaria torminalis, Dipp. T. Clusii, Roem.). Wild Service Tree. Round-headed tree, with spreading branches, 40-80 ft. high: lvs. broadly ovate, slightly cordate to broadly cuneate at the base, with several triangular-ovate, serrate lobes on each side, the lower sinuses reaching about half-way to the middle, floccose-tomentose when young, finally glabrous, rarely with persistent tomentum, 2-4 in. long; petioles 1-1 3/4 in. long: fls. white, 1/2 in. across, in broad, rather loose tomentose corymbs: fr. oval, 1/2 – 3/4 in. high, brown, dotted. May, June. S. and Cent. Eu. H.W. 3:53, pp. 82, 83.—The foliage turns bright red in autumn. CH


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