Sorbus decora

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: 30 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30.
Width: 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 2 to 8
Flower features: white
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Scientific Names



Read about Sorbus decora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Sorbus decora, Schneid. (S. americana var. decora, Sarg. Pyrus sambucifolia, Gray, not Cham. & Schlecht. Pyrus sitchensis, Rob. & Fern., not Piper. S. scopulina, Brit., not Greene). Small tree or shrub, closely allied to the preceding: lfts. 7-15, oval to ovate-lanceolate, or oblong, obtuse to short-acuminate, serrate, glabrous and dark green above, rather pale and usually pubescent beneath when young, or glabrous. 1 1/2 - 3 in. long: fls. 1/4 – 1/3 in. across, in 2-4-in.-broad and rather loose corymbs, sometimes few-fld.: fr. globose, ovoid when young, red, about 1/3 in. across, with more or less upright calyx-lobes. May. Labrador to Minn., south to N. Y. and Vt. S.S. 4:173, 174.—Often confounded with the preceding species; intermediate forms are not uncommon in regions where the two meet. Both are very handsome in autumn with their large clusters of bright red fr. and particularly S. decora is often planted for its showy fr. CH


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