Sorbus 'CHINESE LACE'

Sorbus 'CHINESE LACE'
Kashmir rowan

SIZE/TYPE	small tree
USUAL HEIGHT	4-5m
USUAL WIDTH	2-3m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	less showy but noticeable
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	white
BLOOMING TIME	May - May
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	5 (down to -29°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Deciduous broadleaf

Kashmir used to be a principality in the Himalayas known for its extraordinary shawl wool. It was super soft, warm and expensive. Hence, everything connected with the name Kashmir evoked feeling of exotic beauty and high price. Kashmir rowan is a beautiful tree that, luckily, is not an expensive item. Even if it bears name Chinese Lace.

It is a lovely small tree with highly decorative foliage. The deciduous leaves are pinnate, composed of 17-21 mid green leaflets where each one is deeply cut to create the perfect lace-like appearance. The best show begins in early autumn when they change colour to golden orange, brilliant carmine red and bright burgundy red.

As every rowan it flowers in mid spring with almost flat corymbs composed of tiny white flowers followed by orange-red spherical fruit in autumn that persist long after the tree lost its leaves. It grows at medium growth rate making strong branches forming a symmetrical oval crown that has a nice shape already from young age.

Kashmir rowan is not fussy about soil type. It will grow in almost any well-drained soil and thrive in medium fertile, humus-rich soil, making larger leaves and more flowers. Hardy to min. -27°C (USDA zone 5), probably a lot more.

Last update 11-10-2010

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.