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Rosaceae
Checkertree
Torminalis glaberrima
Also known as Checker tree, Service tree, Checkerberry, Torminalis clusii
Native Plants · Deciduous Tree · Checkertree · Rosaceae · Wildlife Tree · Heritage Orchard · Rare Tree · Torminalis · Woodland Garden · Native Tree · Spring Blossom
Checkertree (Torminalis glaberrima) is a rare and slow-growing deciduous tree valued for its attractive lobed foliage, spring blossom clusters, and small checker-patterned fruit beloved by birds. It performs best in a sunny to partly shaded position in well-draining, moderately fertile soil and is quite low-maintenance once established. This tree is an excellent choice for heritage orchards, native woodland gardens, or larger landscape projects where a long-lived specimen tree is desired.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently; allow soil to dry moderately between waterings once established · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 360 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, North Caucasus, Poland
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle
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