Botanical Name: Platanus acerifolia (P. orientalis)
Common Name: London plane Tree
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an erect, single-trunked, fairly symmetrical tree, with ascending and spreading branches forming an oval-pyramidal canopy which broadens with age; the younger branches are a light cream-tan color
Height 30-50' (80')
Spread 1/2-1/3
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun preferred; can tolerate considerable shade
Soil tolerates most except desert alkaline soils
Hardiness hardy (zones 2-24); prefers warm humid areas
 
Morphology:
Leaves palmate, alternate, shallowly 3-5 lobed, the lobes nearly as broad as long; irregularly toothed, 5-10" (23") across; subpetiolar buds
Flowers unisexual, in dense round heads; the 1-2 heads are suspended in a row on a common stalk
Fruit tiny nutlets, clustered in the globe-shaped heads
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
widely used as shade trees, lawn or street trees; suitable for parks, large area plantings; because of its rather symmetrical shape, the plant is a good tree for large-scale formal landscapes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular; likes heavy watering but is rather drought-tolerant after established
Fertilizing balanced (in spring); is susceptible to iron chlorosis
Pruning head high when young, remove dead wood; thin out
Pests/Diseases anthracnose fungus; spider mites, scale
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: unknown
Family: Platanaceae

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