trefle.io · Taken Apr 26, 2021 by Tarzia (cc-by-sa)
Rosaceae
Servicetree
Cormus domestica
Also known as Sorb tree, True service tree, European service tree, Sorbus domestica f. pomifera
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Servicetree · Cormus · Deciduous Tree · European Tree · Heritage Fruit · Landscape Tree · Rosaceae · Ornamental · Wildlife Tree · Rare Tree
The Servicetree thrives in well-drained, moderately fertile soil with at least partial sun and regular watering during its first few years of establishment. Once established, it is relatively resilient and requires only occasional deep watering and light pruning to maintain shape. This slow-to-moderate growing European heritage tree is best suited for outdoor landscape settings where it has room to mature.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply to encourage deep root growth; allow top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 240 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Morocco, New South Wales, North Caucasus, Portugal
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle
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