Sorbus pohuashanensis

At a glance

Lifecycle: Perennial (hardy)
Exposure: Full sun
Frost limit: −28.9 °C

Cultivation

Succeeds in most reasonably good soils in an open sunny position, though it fruits better in a sunny position[K]. A fast-growing tree, especially in its first few years from seed[K]. Plants are susceptible to fireblight.

Propagation

Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame, but they are busy building up a good root system. It is best to keep them in pots in a cold frame for their first winter and then plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring.

Edible uses

Fruit - raw or cooked. A rather bitter flavour[K]. The fruit is up to 6 - 8mm in diameter and is borne in fairly large bunches which makes harvesting easier[K].

Habitat

Mountain slopes and mixed forests in valleys at elevations of 900 - 2500 metres in Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong and Shanxi Provinces.

Native range

E. Asia - N. China.