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This plant's features include interesting gray bark, a narrow, upright habit, dense growth, clusters of white flowers, and large, red-orange fruit. The dark green foliage changes to a rusty-orange colour in the fall.
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Mountainash has ash-like leaves, but are members of the rose family and are not related to true ash (Fraxinus of the olive family). Sorbus are not a host plant of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis).
A good lawn specimen with its white flowers followed by showy berries. Sorbus is best suited for areas with a cooler climate.