Also called American Planetree
ZONE:
4
COLOUR:
Red
HEIGHT:
27-30 m
SPREAD:
20-25 m
Also called American Planetree
ZONE:
4
COLOUR:
Red
HEIGHT:
27-30 m
SPREAD:
20-25 m
Tolerant of urban environments and a variety of soil conditions, including high pH, this tree is a suitable specimen for a larger landscape, park or street tree. Its most notable attribute is its exfoliating bark, giving the tree a mottled look. One of the largest-growing cultivars of platanus.
Native to Ontario and many US states.
European settlers reportedly gave this tree the common name of sycamore, because the foliage resembled the sycamore of the British Isles (Acer pseudoplatanus), which is actually a maple.