Main features

Height

10 to 20 m 

Width

8 to 10 m 

Flowering Time

April, May

Light/shadow demands

Sun

pH-Value

slightly alkaline, neutral, alkaline, slightly acidic

Soil

All substrates

Characteristics

Habit

Ornamental medium-sized tree, 10-20 (25) m tall, 8 - 10 m wide, branches widening irregularly, wide rotund to umbrella-shaped crown, juvenile trees slow-growing

Crown

wide vase-shaped, wide round wide vase-shaped, wide round

Branches and Bark

Grey and smooth, flaking and splitting with age

Blossom

Inconspicuous, monoecious, sometimes hermaphrodite, female flowers individually, on thin stalks in leaf axils, male flowers in fascicles; April/ May

Leaves

Deciduous, leaves alternate, ovate to elliptic, serrulate; dark green and rough above; greyish green, pilose beneath

Fruits

Dark red to violet-brown drupes, hanging on 3 cm long stalks, 1 - 1.2 cm, edible, sweet taste, fruit pulp floury, September

Roots

Far-reaching in depth

Demands

Resistant to drought, tolerates air pollution, juvenile shoots slightly frost-sensitive, mature plants adequately frost hardy, likes warmth, disease-free

Soil

Tolerates most, slightly acidic to alkaline substrates, hardly any demands

Note

Suitable for street planting in urban areas

Hardiness Zone

Zone 6b  

Bee pasture / nectar

No