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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: up to 145 feet
Plant Spread: to 8 feet in 10 years
Leaves: Deciduous
Other: bracts are pink, then red darkening to deep purple
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Other: very rare blooms
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Chinese Emmenopterys

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Location: JC Raulston  Arboretum, Raleigh NC
Date: 2024-02-13
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: September
credit: Maarten Sepp
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: September
credit: Maarten Sepp
Comments:
  • Posted by robertduval14 (Milford, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Apr 7, 2014 8:35 PM concerning plant:
    This tree flowers only once every 20 to 25 years.

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