Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Prefers moist, organically rich, acidic soils in part shade. Benefits from a 2-4” mulch which will help keep roots cool and moist in summer. It blooms in early spring (April) shortly after, but usually overlapping, the bloom period of the redbuds. Each flower cluster is surrounded by four showy, white, petal-like bracts which open flat, giving the appearance of a single, large white flower. Oval, dark green leaves turn attractive shades of red in fall. Bright red fruits are bitter and inedible to humans but are loved by birds.
- Type: Tree
- Native
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Zone: 5 to 9
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Height: 15.00 to 20.00 feet
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Spread: 15.00 to 20.00 feet
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Bloom Time: April to May
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Bloom Description: White
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Sun: Full sun to part shade
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Water: Medium
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Maintenance: Low
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Suggested Use: Flowering Tree
- Flower: Showy
- Leaf: Good Fall
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Attracts: Birds, Butterflies
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Fruit: Showy
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Tolerate: Deer, Clay Soil, Black Walnut