CATTON ARBORETUM
Parrotia persica --Vanessa
Common name: Persian Ironwood
Year planted: 2000
Country of origin: Eastern Caucasus and Northern Iran
Year introduced: The species was first introduced to the UK in 1841
Description: A member of the Witch Hazel family it is named for its very hard wood. Leaves are alternate ovoid and glossy green to start with. Can grow to 10m tall when mature with flaking bark. Vanessa is a later form with more upright narrow habit than others. The leaves turn red/orange in the autumn before falling. the species was named after a german naturalist George Freidrich Parrot.
what3words: strays.free.trombone
Tree number: 91
Year planted: 2000
Country of origin: Eastern Caucasus and Northern Iran
Year introduced: The species was first introduced to the UK in 1841
Description: A member of the Witch Hazel family it is named for its very hard wood. Leaves are alternate ovoid and glossy green to start with. Can grow to 10m tall when mature with flaking bark. Vanessa is a later form with more upright narrow habit than others. The leaves turn red/orange in the autumn before falling. the species was named after a german naturalist George Freidrich Parrot.
what3words: strays.free.trombone
Tree number: 91
