CATTON ARBORETUM
Sorbus aucuparia Joseph Rock
Common name:
Mountain Ash or Rowan
Year planted:
2012
Country of origin:
Europe and Asia
Year introduced:
Seed was collected in 1932 in China by the plant hunter Joseph Rock
Description:
Rowans can reach 20m in ideal locations but much less in exposed places like this. An environmentally useful tree which produces a valuable crop of berries in early winter which are taken by birds. Joseph Rock produces yellow berries in the autumn
what3words:
define.palms.depravity
Tree number: 103