Scientific Name: Platanus x acerifolia ( syn. P. x hispanica )
Common Name: London plane
Family Name: Platanaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Tree - deciduous
Mature Size: 22 - 30m x 15 - 25m (height x width)
Habit: Irregular, Open, Spreading
Form: Columnar, Round
Texture: Coarse
Landscape Uses: Shade tree, Specimen plant, Street (boulevard tree)
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Dentate, Palmately lobed
Flowers: Spike, Green, Jun-Jul
Fruit: Achene, Multiple fruit, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, maple-like with 3 major toothed lobes; petiole has hollow end that hides bud. Winter ID: fruit a 4cm round fuzzy ball with achenes eventally shedding off; buds red, smooth, 5mm long; bark exfoliating, looks like army camouflage; branches zig-zag.