Scientific Name: Platanus x acerifolia
Common Name: London plane tree
Native Range: Longstanding hybrid of the American sycamore
Zone: 4 to 8
Plant type & Form: Deciduous, round, tree with horizontal branching
Height: 75.00 to 100.00 feet
Spread: 60.00 to 75.00 feet
Bloom Time: April
Bloom Description: Yellow (male) and red (female)
Flower: Small, non-showy, monoecious flowers in rounded clusters
Fruit: Female flowers turn into fuzzy, long-stalked, fruiting balls that appear in pairs and consist of densely-packed, tiny seed-like fruits
Leaf: 3-5 lobe medium dark green leaves (similar to maple) with deep sinuses and coarse marginal teeth
Water: Medium to wet
Soil type & pH: Can grow in average, well-drained soils but prefers rich, humusy, consistently moist soils
Maintenance: High (tree can be messy from dropping fruit, branches, leaves, etc.)
Suggested Use: Shade tree, Rain garden, used as a street tree
Tolerates: Deer, clay soil, air pollution, urban pollutants
Notes: This tree is a hybrid cross between the American sycamore and the Oriental planetree.
Identification notes: The tree has brown bark that exfoliates to reveal a cream-yellow inner bark. Although the sycamore has a similar exfoliating bark, the sycamore has a bone-white inner bark color.
Information from Missouri Botanical Garden
