Original photos of this plant from Oak Summit Nursery.
european mountain ash. collected about 20 lbs of fruit for seed today, imagine it will make about a cup of seed. nice tree, attractive, the fruit are almost good enough to eat, I guess you can cook with them. I have a sweet mountain ash grafted in the orchard, should fruit next year. spent an hour keying out american vs showy vs european. European are the ones with the larger more often orange fruit, and the trees can be larger, older bark more rough. Note american can have orange fruit, but often they are red.
American Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana) is an attractive small to medium-sized deciduous tree with compound foliage, clusters of white flowers in spring, and bright orange-red fruit in fall.
The species is native from Newfoundland west into Manitoba and is well suited to cold landscapes, woodland edges, and wildlife plantings. The persistent fruit provides strong fall colour and food for birds. Seedlings will vary naturally in form and fruit display.
Planting instructions: Soak in water for 24 hours, then fall sow in a prepared seed bed or cold stratify before spring sowing. Sow about 1/16 inch deep and cover lightly with mulch. Germination may continue over more than one season.
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