CATTON ARBORETUM
Heptacodium micinoides
Common name: Seven-Son Flower of Zhejiang
Year planted: 2017
Country of origin: China
Year introduced: first discovered growing on cliffs in 1907 by British plant hunter Ernest Wilson for the Arnold Arboretum
Description: A deciduous small tree growing up to 4 to 8 metres. Hardy, but with a papery bark that exfoliates in strips. Produces clusters of small white flowers in the Autumn which are attractive to bees and butterflies
what3words: rocks.detriment.water
Tree number: 55
Year planted: 2017
Country of origin: China
Year introduced: first discovered growing on cliffs in 1907 by British plant hunter Ernest Wilson for the Arnold Arboretum
Description: A deciduous small tree growing up to 4 to 8 metres. Hardy, but with a papery bark that exfoliates in strips. Produces clusters of small white flowers in the Autumn which are attractive to bees and butterflies
what3words: rocks.detriment.water
Tree number: 55
