Korean Mountain Ash

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Not Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Central China to Korea and Japan

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, Urban Tree Collection, Nevin Welcome Center

Source of plant

Schichtel's Nursery, Forestfarm Nursery, Gardens North, Horticultural Associates, Princeton Nurseries, Bailey Nurseries

Description

Pyramidal when young developing a weakly pyramidal-oval to almost rounded outline at maturity. Plants 40-50' tall, 20-30 (50') wide; can attain 60' in height. Bark on older trunks is gray, almost beech-like; leaves look like beech or hornbeam leaves, and assume yellow, orange, and golden-brown colors in the fall. Flowers white, 3/4" in diameter, borne in 6-10-flowered flat-topped, 2-3" diameter corymbs in May; tends to flower heavily in alternate years. Fruit pinkish-red to orangish-red to scarlet, bloomy, speckled with dark lenticels, 3/8" to 5/8" long, September-October and persisting; spectacular. At its best is perhaps the handsomest mountain ash for fruit effect.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

fruiting characteristics