Rowan Whips | Sorbus aucuparia over seed By Devon artist Isla Middleton

By Devon artist Isla Middleton

All parts of this plant are edible

Its compact habit makes it ideal for poor

lighting up meadows and pastures across the countryside

Although they naturally thrive in dappled or partial shade

Rowan Whips | Sorbus aucuparia over seed By Devon artist Isla MiddletonRowan Sorbus aucuparia This distinctive compact deciduous tree is effective as part of hedging or as a specimen tree in a smaller garden or woodland. Rowan trees are suitable for gardens of all sizes. A wildlife friendly native tree, the rowan or mountain ash has flat clusters of white flowers in the spring which are attractive to pollinators, and orange red berries in the early autumn which are eaten by many bird species such as blackbirds, mistle