Sorbus commixta ‘Dodong’

  • Half standards
  • 3 x tr., extra wide spacing
  • wire rootballed
  • girth 16 – 18 cm
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Description

General information

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.

Additional information

Nursery

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