This product is Sorbus multijuga seeds, a member of the Rosaceae family. Key selling points include its drought-resistance, attractive foliage, and white fruits.
Sorbus multijuga is a straight-trunked tree that can grow up to 3 m tall. Young shoots are glabrous or almost glabrous, reddish-brown. Leaves are odd-pinnate, up to 20 cm long, with 17-25 leaflets, sharply serrated to the base. The flowers are white, up to 1 cm in diameter, collected in complex corymbs. It is colorful at the time of fruiting, when abundant, alabaster-white, small, no more than 0.7 cm in diameter, sour, without bitterness fruits develop.
Native range is East Asia. Climate zones are temperate. Typical habitats are forests and woodlands. Altitude range is from sea level to 2,000 m.
Used as an ordinary plant in groups and hedges. Valued for its openwork crown and white fruits. The crown can be shaped like a ball or an umbrella on a smooth stem about 1 m high. It is undemanding to soils, but prefers medium loamy soils with slightly acidic and neutral reaction conditions.
Perennial: Y