Sorbus commixta ‘Dodong’

  • Half standards
  • 3 x tr., extra wide spacing
  • wire rootballed
  • girth 16 – 18 cm
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Sorbus commixta ‘Dodong’


Additive

(=S. ‘Dodong’, S. ‘Olympic Flame’)
In Sweden raised from seeds collected on the South Korean island Ulleungdo in 1976. Dodong is the name of the island’s harbour town.

WHZ

WHZ 4

Distribution

Korea, Sakhalin, Japan.

Habit

Small to medium-sized, columnar, multi-stemmed large shrub or small tree.

Size

6 to 8 (10) m in height and 3 to 4 m in spread.

Bark

Young shoots are red-brown, mature bark is grey-brown, smooth.

Leaves

Deciduous, alternate, 20 to 30 cm long and to 20 cm wide, imparipinnate, 15 to 17 leaflets, 4 to 8 cm long, elliptic-lanceolate, long pointed, sharply serrate, early leafing-out, juvenile foliage is brownish, later dark green, slightly glossy; magnificent autumn colour ranging from dark yellow, vivid orange to fiery red.

Flowers

White, loose inflorescences, 8 to 12 cm wide, glabrous, May / June.

Fruits

Scarlet, spherical, pea-sized, held on the tree late into autumn.

Site

Sun / partial shade

Soil

On all well-drained, not too moist, nutrient-rich soils, moderately alkaline to acid.

Characteristics

Tolerant of frost, this selection is still not widely used, medium strong annual growth, striking autumn colour and vibrant colour of fruit.

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