Plant Habit: | Tree |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
Soil pH Preferences: | Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5) Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
Plant Height: | 30 to 50 feet |
Plant Spread: | 20 to 35 feet |
Leaves: | Deciduous |
Fruit: | Other: 4 to5 inch long flat, purplish-brown pods |
Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall Fall Late fall or early winter Winter |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
Flower Color: | White |
Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer |
Underground structures: | Taproot |
Suitable Locations: | Street Tree |
Uses: | Will Naturalize |
Dynamic Accumulator: | Nitrogen fixer K (Potassium) Ca (Calcium) |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant Pollution Drought tolerant |
Pollinators: | Bees |
Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth Monoecious |
Conservation status: | Least Concern (LC) |
WebTucker | On April 2, 2024 | Bloomed |
WebTucker | On June 5, 2022 | Fruit Ripened |
Retro67 | On April 6, 2024 | Potted up |
Retro67 | On March 23, 2024 | Seeds germinated As of this date 20 seedlings have germinated. |
Retro67 | On March 4, 2024 | Seeds sown Prepared soil for sowing tomorrow after scarification. Base mix=90% compost=10% biochar. Mixed 2.5 gal. base with 12oz. perlite, 6oz. peat and 1oz. Azomite. Transferred mix into tree planting tubes (1 cup each) and added 1/2 tsp. "Dynomyco" mycorrhizal inoculant to each tube. |
Retro67 | On January 24, 2024 | Seeds sown Direct seeded around west and north perimeter of chicken run. Right into the snow. |