Sorbus aucuparia Autumn Spire

Description

There are many types of ornamental rowans, The Sorbus aucuparia Autumn Spire is a small, very upright mountain ash or rowan with several seasons of interest, and is ideal for a smaller urban garden as it has a very narrow habit. It’s a small, slow-growing, deciduous tree, upright when young, more columnar when mature. The leaves are deeply divided, like a rowan’s, bright green, turning fiery red, sometimes with a yellow tinge, in autumn. Autumn Spire will produce flat clusters of creamy-white flowers are followed by yellow berries.