London plane tree

The London planetree (Platanus × acerifolia) is a resilient sycamore hybrid often used in urban settings. Learn how to grow and care for it in your landscape.

Genus: Platanus Species: x acerifolia Common: London planetree H: 75-100 W: 60-75 Z: 4-8

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Platanus x hispanica (London Plane Tree) is an enormous deciduous tree adorned with a massive trunk and a rounded crown of huge, crooked, horizontal branches. The foliage of large maple-shaped medium- to dark-green leaves, 4-10 in. wide (10-25 cm) turns yellow-brown in the fall. Small, inconspicuous flowers appear in rounded clusters in spring. The female flowers are followed by pairs of tiny, fuzzy, long-stalked, hanging balls that persist into early winter.

Platanus x acerifolia : La Défense : Paris

London plane trees are tall, elegant specimens that have graced the busy streets of the city for generations. However, when it comes to the history of the plane tree, horticulturalists are uncertain.

The changing colors of the London plane tree leaves is one of the first signs in Central Florida that autumn is on the way (First appeared in Orlando Sentinel September 13, 2010) My interest in London plane trees began during my childhood in Yardley, Pa. Huge London planes encircled a large house on my street, and I enjoyed picking up round seedpods from the ground and breaking them apart with my fingers. The symmetrical shape of those trees appealed to my developing sense of aesthetics, as…

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The London plane tree and American sycamore are difficult to tell apart. Click to learn about their differences.