Alnus cordata Standard

Origin: Southern Italy, Corsica. Deciduous tree, grows spontaneously in Italy, very beautiful and decorative. It has a broadly conical crown, with the lateral branches arranged horizontally. Cordate leaves, shiny dark green, among the first to appear and the last to fall, at the end of November. Flowers: catkins, 5-7cm long, yellowish-green in February-March on bare branches. Fruit: ovoidal cones, 2-3cm initially green, later brown. This is the alder which has the least requirements as regards type of soil, in fact it grows well in the most unrewarding and dry soils.

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