Small, compact, bushy deciduous tree (H 4-5 m, depands as well on grafting height, W 3-5 m). Bark light brown, flaky, coloured in patches of light yellow, olive green, grey-brown; ornamental. Crown rounded, regular. Leaves palmate (15-25 cm), smooth, green. Flowers in round inflorescence, yellow-green. Flowering period: April. Fruits tiny, dark brown, in round clusters (2 cm). Ripening time: October. Easily withstands urban conditions, heat, drought and pruning. Full name: Platanus × hispanica, Platanus × acerifolia is a cross Platanus orientalis and P. occientalis.
These plants grow well in sun or in partial shade. Usually they tolerate more sun and heat if given enough moisture; in partial or light shade they need less moisture.
Decidious have woody stems (i. e. tree trunk and branches) and are also called woody plants or trees. Leaves are normally broad, soft and thin.
The plant develops new leaves or needles every spring, which dropp off in autumn. Herbaceous plants can die completely in above ground section and grow back in the spring.
Plant can in otherwise appropriate environment survive cold down to - 23 °C.
Porous or dry soils are normally light and loose, there is no stagnant water but relatively quickly flows in deeper layers; such ground are more airy and warmer, yet drier and usually contain less humus and for such undergrowth it is often to for drought to appear (e. g. rockgardens, walls, by paths and roads, on gravel, also on gravel surface in towns and close to buildings ...), plants of such undergrowth need well-drained soil, they tolerate drought but cannot tolerate constant moisture or even flooding.
Woody plant, normally with a remarkable tree trunk and a tree top. May have several stems - multistemmed tree. The tree top may be of different shapes, dense or thin, symetric or uneven. Most trees reach a height of more than 3 metres.
Among described plants in this category we marked those, which are particulary resistant (to various environmental conditions), do not require much maintanance and thereby suitable fot planting in public areas.