Persian Ironwood or Persian Parrotia
Parrotia persica (HAMAMELIDACEAE)
Planting and Growing Persian Ironwood Trees
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow Persian ironwood or Persian parrotia trees in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and fruit of Persian ironwood or Persian parrotia trees
- Growing conditions for Persian ironwood or Persian parrotia
- When to plant Persian ironwood or Persian parrotia
- How to plant Persian ironwood or Persian parrotia
- How to prune Persian ironwood or Persian parrotia
- Watering, fertilizing, and care of Persian ironwood or Persian parrotia
- Landscape uses of Persian ironwood or Persian parrotia
- Pest and disease control for Persian ironwood or Persian parrotia
Growing Persian Ironwood Trees
A slow-growing, upright, round-crowned, deciduous shrubby tree, rarely 50 ft. (15 m) tall but usually smaller and often with multiple trunks, with witch-hazel-like, purple turning deep green, oval, wavy-edged, pointed, faintly toothed, veined leaves, to 4 in. (10 cm) long, turning orange, red, yellow in autumn, and with smooth, flaking gray bark patterned with white.
Persian Ironwood Planting and Care Guide
Flowers and Fruit
Inconspicuous, brown and red flowers, in early spring before leaves emerge, form tiny, caplike, seedy fruit in summer.
Best Climates
U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zones 5–8. Best with winter chill.
Soil Type and Fertility
Damp, well-drained soil. Fertility: Rich–average. 5.5–7.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Full to filtered sun. Space 10–15 ft. (3–4.5 m) apart.
Proper Care
Easy. Allow soil surface to dry between waterings until established. Fertilize annually until established. Prune sparingly. Propagate by cuttings, layering, seed.
About This Species
Good choice for accents, borders, containers, paths in open and mixed-shrub gardens. Deep rooted. Pest and disease resistant.