Sorbus esserteauana

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: 50 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 50.
Width: 35 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 35.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 6 to 9
Flower features: white
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Sorbus esserteauana, commonly known as Esserteau's Rowan, is a species of Rowan. It is a shrub with small white flowers and small red berries that are actually a pome fruit. Unlike all other species of Sorbus, the fruit are hard[1] and inedible to humans, but they are eaten by birds that scatter the seeds. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens and parks for its decorative fruit and because it attracts birds.

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