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Sorbus decora
More About Sorbus decora
- Upright, oval to rounded crown with ascending branches
- Blue-green, compound leaves in the summer, turn reddish-purple in the fall
- Clusters of flat, small, white flowers
- Flowers give way to drooping clusters of shiny, red berries late in the summer
- Bloom Time: Late spring
Interesting Notes:
Native to Ontario and parts of North America.
Birds love to eat the berries from showy mountainash, especially in the winter when other foods are hard to find.
Mountain ash has ash-like leaves, but are members of the rose family, and are not related to true ash (Fraxinus of the olive family). Sorbus are not a host plant of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis).
Zone:
2Height:
8-10 mSpread:
6-8 mColour:
WhiteShowy Mountainash Growing and Maintenance Tips
A good lawn specimen with its white flowers followed by showy berries. Showy mountainash can tolerate different levels of soil moisture and some shade.
Sorbus decora Characteristics
Full Sun
Partial Sun/Shade
Attracts Birds
Native to Ontario
Soil Moisture
Well-drainedMoist to Average
Moist to Wet Soils
Growth Rate
MediumAttributes
BerriesDeciduous
Fall Color
Flowering Time
Lt. Spr-SumHabit
OvalRounded
Foliage Color
Green (dark)Purple
Red
Landscape uses
NaturalizingSpecimen
Suitable Substitutions for Sorbus decora
Crataegus mollis
Downy Hawthorn
Sorbus thuringiaca 'Fastigiata'
Oakleaf Mountainash
