Description
Medium-sized, upright, moderately growing, deciduous, ornamental fruit-tree (H 8-12 m, W 7-9 m). Crown ovate. Bark dark brown, later longitudinally fissured. Leaves broadly lanceolate (12-20 cm), with a sparsely serrate margin, smooth, variegated, dark green, with wide, white to yellow margin; autumn colour bright yellow to brown-yellow. Male and female flowers separate, on the same plant, male flowers in hanging catkins (up to 15 cm), light yellow, female flowers not remarkable. Flowering period: June-July. Fruits in a very spiny cupule (coat), flattened oval, dark brown. Ripening time: September-October. Requires slightly acidic, deep, sufficiently drained, partly sandy soils, in warm, sunny to half-shady sites.