
Photo: Julie Anne Workman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bloom colours
ivory, scarlet
What actually matters with this one
It thrives on thin chalk where most trees sulk, and the new leaves open silver-white on both sides.
How to grow it
- Light
- full sun
- Water
- Keep it dry
- Hardiness
- Zones 5-8
- Height
- 10-15 m
- Flowers
- May
- Difficulty
- easy
Plant it alongside
Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.



