Sorbus poteriifolia

[johnw]

Could it possibly be?  After many years of ordering seed of this Sorbus I've never had a single one germinate.  So I stopped ordering it, reckoning it would likely be a hybrid if it did germinate. Now a 2015 pot from AGCBC has a single seedling but could it be S. poteriifola?  Excuse the big threatening Ulmus glabra seed.

johnw

[johnw]

It's now early October and the seedling appears to be Sorbus poteriifolia. Chuffed if it's not a hybrid.

johnw & summer continues.............

[Rick R.]

There are only certain seed pots I would save for 5 plus years!  (Still waiting on my pots of Euonymus quinquecornutus.....waiting...waiting...waiting...)

 -- Congratulations !

[johnw]

Keep waiting Rick.

johnw

[johnw]

Now 6 November and 4 weeks 11 days after germination which took 5 years the Sorbus poteriifoli has taken on rich glossy red colours.

Summer seems to have returned for at least the next 2 weeks after a shocking record 12.cm snowfall on 3 November, Japanese maples thoroughly unfazed.

johnw