Bright Berries Catching Visitor’s Eyes
Posted August 26, 2009 by Cindy Newlander, Associate Director of Horticulture
Mountain ash
Bright red fruit on Sorbus aucuparia 'Fastigiata'
This mountain ash had visitors stopping and staring and then asking “What is THAT?” yesterday. It is a slow-growing tree and according to Michael Dirr in his Manual of Woody Landscape Plants,
“Upright with strongly ascending branches, dark green leaves, good large sealing wax red fruits…”
I like the clump form with multiple glossy gray trunks which are also stunning in winter after the leaves drop. It flowers in spring with large flat clusters of white flowers
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