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Sorbus aucuparia - European Mountain Ash Zone: 3; 15-30' Height, 15-20' Spread. *Summer berries & fall color*

General Information Common Name Rowan (Mountain Ash) Scientific Name Sorbus aucuparia Sun Tolerance Full Sun Height 5-15 m (18-50 ft) Spread 3 -8 m (10 - 30 ft) Growth Rate Fast Bloom Time Spring Color Green, Flower Color White Type Tree Native Europe, USA Classification Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Rosidae Order Rosales Family…

In the yard there grows a Rowan. Thou with reverent care should'st tend it. Holy is the tree there growing. Holy likewise are its branches. On its boughs, the leaves are holy. And its berries, yet more holy. ~from Finnish epic poem, Kalevala Why Rowan? The word simply whispered itself to me during meditation. It wasn't an image of the tree that came to me. I didn't even know what a rowan tree looked like; I got a vague image of some kind of hedge bush. But I heard gently in my mind the word…

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