Plant Habit: | Tree |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Partial or Dappled Shade |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 11 |
Plant Height: | to 25 feet |
Plant Spread: | to 15 feet |
Leaves: | Deciduous Other: White Tailed deer like to feed on the leaves |
Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | White Other: with 10 (usually) red stamens |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Spring |
Underground structures: | Taproot |
Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic Bog gardening |
Uses: | Flowering Tree Medicinal Herb Will Naturalize |
Edible Parts: | Fruit |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies Hummingbirds |
Propagation: Seeds: | Stratify seeds: 100 to 300 days Scarify seeds: 120 day warm, moist treatment &/or 5 hours in concentrated sulfuric acid |
Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
Miscellaneous: | With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth |