CATTON ARBORETUM

Sorbus helmsleyi John Bond

Common name: Whitebeam

Year planted: 2017

Country of origin: Sorbus Hemsleyi is a species native to China

Year introduced: John Bond is a cultivar from the Arnold Arboretum in the USA

Description: A smallish compact upright tree growing to about 4m tall. The heavily veined elliptic leaves are grey green with a downy underside which shows as white when the leaves are ruffled by the wind to expose the underside. Clusters of creamy white flowers are followed by small brown fruits in the autumn.

what3words: lobby.piles.breaches
Tree number: 48
Sorbus helmsleyi John Bond (Whitebeam)