Identify Other Species of Rowan (Mountain Ash) Trees

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Kashmir Rowan ( sorbus cashmiriana )
Easily identified by its white autumn fruits this Rowan is slowly becoming more popular. It grows as a relatively upright tree to an eventual height of 10m (32ft). As well as the fruits, it has bunches of spring flowers which are a light pink.

Showy Mountain Ash / Rowan (sorbus decora)
A highly under rated Rowan native to the USA and Canada. Growing to about 10m (32ft) it has lots of white flowers in spring and red berries in autumn. The tree holds its shape well.

Sorbus Esserteauana

Madeira Rowan / Mountain Ash (sorbus maderensis)
The Madeira Rowan is almost extinct in the wild which is a great pity because it is the very best Rowan for a small garden. It forms a compact domed shrub shape. White flowers in spring, lots of berries in autumn and the foliage is held on the tree well. Unfortunately we found no online suppliers of this species of sorbus.

Sorbus matsumurana
A rare species of Rowan. We have the pictures of it below but little other information. You are unlikely to find sorbus matsumurana anywhere other than in an arboretum. The tree in the picture below was viewed at Batsford Arboretum. The bark is attractively mottled. the branches held high up the tree with a nice rounded appearance. There were lots of red berries on the tree and few had fallen.

Small Leaf Rowan ( sorbus-microphylla )

Sorbus pohuashanensis
Another rarely found sorbus species. Sorbus-pohuashanensis is an attractive small to medium sized tree which has lots of cream coloured flowers in spring and masses of orange berries in autumn. The narrow, glossy leaves are more attractive then most Rowan trees

Sorbus randaiensis

Sorbus scalaris
An attractive and spreading tree, sorbus scalaris has narrow glossy green leaves which are very attractive. They are toothed only towards the end of each leaflet. The berries are orange and although small the sorbus scalaris produce a good number of them. The bark is an unremarkable relatively smooth, grey-green colour.

Wilford's Rowan ( sorbus wilfordii )
Named after Charles Wilford who worked in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew in the mid 1800s. He recorded sorbus wilfordii whilst working in Korea, Japan and Taiwan. This species is also known as sorbus commixta var. rufoferruginea.