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Wild Service (Sorbus Torminalis)

Wild Service (Sorbus Torminalis) has red, crimson leaves in autumn and is one of the rarest of British native trees. Flowers appear May/June time, clustered fruit ripens in September, leaves turn purplish/red in autumn. In years gone by the berries were a delicacy for country folk, hanging from strings in kitchens to ripen and then eaten like sweets, full of sugar and exotic hints of dried apricot and sultana. The bark of the Wild Service (Sorbus Torminalis) is an attractive dark brown and pale grey.  Young trees are conic whilst older trees tall-domed and spreading. Flowers are white and the fruits are rounded in clusters, leathery brown.  Ripens in September. Leaves turn crimson red in autumn which is a pleasing sight. PRUNING of Wild Service Tree should be done in late winter or early Spring.
Size:

in 10 years 6mts. 20years 12mts. event. hgt 20metres

Environment:

best on chalk soils

Key Features:

white flowers in late spring, red/crimson leaves in Autum

Quantity
Species
Wild Service (Sorbus Torminalis)
History
Bareroot
Size (cm)
40 - 60
Price1 - 10
£7.94
Price11 - 30
£7.15
Price31 - 150
£6.66
Price151 - 1000
£4.96
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