Botanical Name: Platanus x acerifolia
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Common Name: London Planetree  
Plant photo of: Platanus x acerifolia
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree

 

Height Range

40-60', 60-100'

 

Flower Color

n/a

 

Flower Season

n/a

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

Brown, Grey, Tan, White

 

Fruit Color

Brown

 

Fruit Season

Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Greg Applegate/Mullany
  • Description

  • Notes

London Planetree is a large, stately shade tree best suited to parks and other large areas. It has a strong central leader, horizontal branches, and large lobed leaves providing wonderful shade. Its outstanding feature is its platey, exfoliating bark, creating a mosaic of tans, browns and white. Fuzzy brown fruit appears in pairs, and ripens and falls in autumn, disintegrating into fluffy, downy tufts. Grows 60 to 100 feet tall and up to 60 feet wide. There are some fine examples in Liberty Park, casting much-needed shade during the hot summer months.