Alnus maximowiczii

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Grown for it’s very showy display of big, fat green/yellow catkins in spring. Handsomely doubletoothed large leaves that provide heavy shade. More of a tree than most of the green alders. Sometimes multistemmed.

Source: the volcanic island of Ullong Do, between Japan and Korea.

Height: 9-12 metres, medium spreading crown