General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Plant Height: 8 - 12 feet
Plant Spread: 8 -12 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Colchis Bladdernut
  • Bladdernut

Photo Gallery
Location: Hortus Lapidarius
Date: 2024-04-10
Location: St Louis
Date: 2013-04-28
Buds just starting to open
Location: St Louis
Date: 2010-08-14
The curious inflated seed pod
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Hortus Lapidarius
Date: 2024-04-10
Location: Hortus Lapidarius
Date: 2024-04-10
Location: Belsay Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2023-05-23
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Hortus Lapidarius
Date: 2024-04-10
Location: Botanical Garden of the Technical University Delft
Date: 2019-04-15
Location: Botanical Garden of the Technical University Delft
Location: Botanical Garden of the Technical University Delft
Date: 2019-04-15
Location: At home
Date: 2021-07-14

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