| Plant Habit: | Shrub Tree |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial 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 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 11 |
| Plant Height: | 8 to 30 feet, to 50 feet in the wild |
| Plant Spread: | 8 to 30 feet |
| Leaves: | Good fall color Evergreen Broadleaf Other: 8 to 12 inch orbiculate shaped; new leaves are bronze shades, maturing to medium green and then red in fall. |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds Other: 3/4 inch to 1 inch round green grapes that mature to deep purple. |
| Fruiting Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Flower Color: | White Other: 12 inch long racemes of creamy-white flowers. |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Late winter or early spring Spring |
| Suitable Locations: | Street Tree Xeriscapic |
| Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge Shade Tree Will Naturalize |
| Edible Parts: | Fruit |
| Eating Methods: | Cooked |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies |
| Resistances: | Pollution Humidity tolerant Drought tolerant Salt tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Days to germinate: 30 to 60 days or more Sow in situ Other info: cleaned seeds must be planted immediately for they can not handle storage |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Layering |
| Pollinators: | Bees Various insects |
| Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil Dioecious |
| Thread Title | Last Reply | Replies |
|---|---|---|
| This looks like Coccoloba by plantladylin | Oct 18, 2021 6:54 PM | 1 |
| ID: Might this be Sea Grape instead? by sedumzz | Feb 13, 2022 7:32 PM | 3 |
