Cultivation
In Italy, the cultivar's rapid growth has bestowed it with an economic importance as a hardwood timber tree. Introduced to southern England in 2007 by Butterfly Conservation, 'Fiorente' has proven intolerant of ponding over winter. The tree is not known to have been introduced to North America or Australasia.
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