London Plane Tree
Platanus x acerifolia (Platanus x hispanica)
Deciduous-Trees
(Detailed plant information can be found at the bottom of the page.)
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Platanus x acerifolia Plant Information
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name: | Platanus x acerifolia |
| Common Name: | London plane tree |
| Family: | Platanaceae |
| Suggested Uses: | parks, golf courses, campuses, street tree |
| Characteristics | |
| Foliage: | alternate, simple, and 4 to 9 inches wide very big and coarse coarsely serrate with 3 lobes; pubescent on veins under leaf |
| Flower: | monoecious |
| Fruit: | syncarp of achenes in the Fall borne in 1’s, 2’s or sometimes 3’s 1 inch in diameter |
| Bark: | exfoliating olive-green to creamy white compared to P. occidentalis, bark is smoother and more exfoliating |
| Environment | |
| Water: | drought-tolerant |
| USDA Zone: | zones 4 - 8 |
| Care | |
| Maintenance: | do not use in a monoculture |
| Pests & Pathology: | more resistant to anthracnose than P. occidentalis, but other diseases (canker, powdery mildew) and insects can cause problems ‘Bloodgood’ is a popular cultivar that is thought to have greater anthracnose resistance |
| Additional Notes: | considered a fast-growing species tolerant of heat cross between P. orientalis and P. occidentalis |
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