London Plane Tree Seeds

One of my all-time favourite trees!  Exfoliating bark in Late Fall / Winter, large leaves, Nice Fall Colour.  Great tree for 4 season interest.  Frequently used in urban areas

About this hybrid

For many years after the London plane-tree was discovered in London, England, its origins were shrouded in mystery. It was originally thought that London plane-tree was a natural variety of Oriental sycamore, Platanus orientalis, an introduced species from Asia, however it was never observed growing in the wild. It is now accepted that London plane-tree is in fact a hybrid between Oriental sycamore and the North American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis). Some botanists speculate that this hybridization occurred in the 1600s when a gardener to Charles I of England planted seeds of American sycamore that had been collected in Virginia. It is thought that one of these American Sycamores subsequently crossed with an Oriental sycamore growing nearby. Since that time, London plane-tree has been cultivated for planting in cities around the world and it is now one of the most widely planted urban trees.