This tree has a solitary greyish smooth trunk with ascending spreading branches that form a broad conical habit. It has dark glossy green lobed oak-like leaves and the white bell-shaped flowers appear in a dense cluster in late spring followed by red berries.

Hardiness zones 5 to 8

Sorbus x thuringiacais a hybrid that was derived from Sorbus ariax Sorbus aucupariaand is not commonly seen growing in the wild but is cultivated in European and North American gardens.

It prefers an open sunny to slightly shaded position and grows in most well-drained moderately fertile organic rich moist soils with a pH 5-7 and is frost and mildly drought tolerant.

The Oak-leaf Mountain Ash is grown for its flowers, colourful fruit and growth habit. It is planted along borders in parks or gardens for screening and colour contrast or use in woodland settings. It is suitable for inland and low-mountain regions establishing in 3-5 years and is moderately long-lived. This plant and its cultivars are commonly grown in cool climate gardens for attracting birds. ID 3564

Sorbus(SAW-bus) x thuringiaca (thoo-RING-ee-AH-kah)

Rosaceae(ro-ZAY-see-ee)
Rose Family