| Plant Habit: | Tree |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
| Plant Height: | 50-100 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 10 - 15 feet |
| Leaves: | Deciduous |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
| Fruiting Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | White |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Suitable Locations: | Street Tree |
| Uses: | Flowering Tree Medicinal Herb Useful for timber production |
| Edible Parts: | Fruit |
| Eating Methods: | Raw Cooked Fermented |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies |
| Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Roots are poisonous Other: seeds |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Will not come true from seed |
| Pollinators: | Bees |
| Cgull835 | On January 1, 2013 | Obtained plant Planted as original landscape for new home. January 2013 |
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