From time immemorial, the oriental plane, which was well known to the ancient Greek writers, has been famous for the large size it attains, trunks of 30 ft. in diameter and more are reported to exist, and has been planted as a shade tree in western Asia and southern Europe. Today, it is still one of the favorite street trees throughout the temperate regions of Europe. It has also been recognized in this country as oneof the best street trees, even to be preferred to the native plane, which, unfortunately, suffers from attacks of a fungus, while the oriental is not injured by it.
Plane trees stand pruning, even severe pruning, well.
They grow best in a deep and rich moist soil. Varieties grow 80 to 100 ft.