Caucasian Wing Nut

Pterocarya fraxinifolia

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Caucasian Wing Nut is a large wide spreading deciduous tree with a short trunk and deeply furrowed bark. The leaves are pinnate and up to 60cm long with toothed leaflets. The decorative, pendulous catkins that appear in summer and last into the autumn, are lime green and up to 50cm long. It does better in  moist loamy soil and seems to thrive as far north as the Lake District, Cumbria, where it rains a lot, but also gets a fair amount of snow in the winter.

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Description

Pterocarya fraxinifolia

Common name: Caucasian Wing Nut.

Native: Caucasus and Northern Iran.

Provenance: Germany

Size and spread (10 years): 10m

Treatment required: Deeply dormant requires 29 weeks stratification treatment.

Seeds / kg:  c.17,000

Ideal sowing period: Spring

Soil conditions: Moist loamy soils.

Planting instructions: Grows well where winters are mild and summers not too hot. There is a very fine example at Sizergh Castle, in the Lake District.

Mature height: 25m+

Additional information

Weight 10.00 g
Genus

Pterocarya

Size

Seed Pack (50 seeds approx.)

Family

Juglandaceae

Flowering Month

May

Colour

yellow

Hardiness

Hardy

Life Cycle

tree

Evergreen

deciduous

Interest

autumn foliage

Requires

damp