The Showy Mountain Ash is fast growing and often planted as an ornamental due to its lovely flowers and delicious berries. Birds are the main disperser of the seeds of this Ash species.
The berries provide essential winter food for many birds and mammals as they persist on the branches above snow during the harsh winter months.
It is interesting to note that when both native and introduced mountain ash species are present birds will eat the fruit of the native tree first.
Another interesting fact is that when the berries have fermented, groups of drunken birds have been reported.
The Showy Mountain Ash is a small tree, growing up to 9, sometimes 15 m high. The trunk is up to 25 cm in diameter, straight and branch free. Bark of the Showy Mountain Ash is can be greyish-green or golden-brown and becomes scaly with age.
Leaves of the Showy Mountain Ash are about 20 cm long numbering from 13-17 per leaflet. They are also finely toothed and slightly hairy when young.
8-10 mm berries are shiny red and appear in rounded clusters with many fruits in each. They become mature in late summer and persist through winter and are an important source of food for wildlife, particularly birds in the winter and early spring.
Info source: http://www.uoguelph.ca/arboretum/thingstosee/trees/showymountainash.shtml
The seeds are hand-selected. You will never receive fewer seeds than stated. We include extra seeds always as possible !
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