London Plane Tree - 300mm pot

🌳✨ Platanus × acerifolia – London Plane Tree ✨🌳
 
The London Plane (Platanus × acerifolia) is one of the world’s most widely planted shade and street trees, admired for its rapid growth, broad canopy, and attractive mottled bark. 🌿 With its resilience to pollution, drought, and pruning, it’s a top choice for large gardens, avenues, and urban landscapes.
 
🌱 Size & Pot
✔️ 300mm pot – approx. 2.6m tall right now 🌳
✔️ Advanced young tree, quick to establish.
 
☀️ Sun & Soil
✔️ Best in full sun ☀️
✔️ Thrives in deep, fertile, well-drained soils but highly adaptable.
 
🍂 Foliage & Seasonal Changes
✔️ Large, maple-like green leaves through spring and summer 🌿
✔️ Turns golden-brown in autumn before leaf fall 🍂
✔️ Deciduous – bare in winter, revealing beautiful patchy bark.
 
🌳 Growth Habit & Mature Size
✔️ Large, broad-canopied shade tree
✔️ Grows approx. 20–25m tall × 15–20m wide
✔️ Fast-growing and responds well to pruning.
 
💡 Special Characteristics
🌿 Famous for its mottled, patterned bark
🌿 Excellent shade and cooling tree for hot summers
🌿 Very tolerant of urban conditions – pollution, pruning, and tough soils
🌿 Long-lived and hardy once established
 
🌸 Planting Ideas
✔️ Plant as a feature shade tree in large gardens or paddocks
✔️ Line along driveways or avenues for dramatic effect
✔️ Excellent choice for streetscapes and parks
✔️ Combine with elms, oaks, or liquidambars for classic tree-lined landscapes