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Ironwood Tree in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Parrotia persica

 

Ironwood Tree

Parrotia are deciduous trees. The leaves are oval, and give good Autumn colour, and the tree bears small red flowers appear on bare branches in late Winter and early Spring. Parrotia Persca has attractive smooth bark that peels in the same way as plane trees, to reveal coloured patches of cream, yellow, green or grey-purple.

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plant Features
  • Ironwood Tree likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Ironwood Tree likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Ironwood Tree is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Ironwood Tree likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Ironwood Tree

Latin name

Parrotia persica

type

Deciduous tree

family

Hamamelidaceae

ph

5.5 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Ironwood Tree likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Ironwood Tree is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Ironwood Tree likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Ironwood Tree likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Ironwood Tree is 8.00meters x 8.00meters 8.00 M 8.00 M

Parrotia persica

Parrotia are deciduous trees. The leaves are oval, and give good Autumn colour, and the tree bears small red flowers appear on bare branches in late Winter and early Spring. Parrotia Persca has attractive smooth bark that peels in the same way as plane trees, to reveal coloured patches of cream, yellow, green or grey-purple.


Flowering

From Late Winter TO Early Spring

Flowers appear on bare branches (in the same way as witch-hazel) in late Winter until early Spring. The flowers can be adversely affected by frost (turning to mush).

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Plant into moist but free-draining, preferably fertile, soil in a sunny, or partially sunny site, sheltered from wind if possible. Parrotia prefers slightly acidic soil, but will tolerate even chalky soil

 

Propagating by semi ripe cuttings

From Late Summer TO Early Autumn

Take semi- ripe cuttings from this season's growth in Autumn. Cut neatly, just below a leaf node, a 5" approx. piece of a healthy shoot that has soft growth at the tip. pinch out the growing tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)

 
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