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Sweetleaf |
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Horse-Sugar |
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Horsesugar |
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Common sweetleaf |
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Sweet Leaf |
Plant Habit: | Shrub Tree |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9b |
Plant Height: | 25 feet to 35 feet |
Plant Spread: | 15 feet to 20 feet |
Leaves: | Semi-evergreen Deciduous Other: The common name refers to the sweet taste of the foliage which livestock greedily enjoy! |
Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds Other: 1/2 inch orange-brown drupes |
Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant Blooms on old wood |
Flower Color: | Yellow Other: Cream to Yellow |
Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
Flower Time: | Late winter or early spring Spring |
Underground structures: | Taproot |
Suitable Locations: | Street Tree |
Uses: | Flowering Tree |
Wildlife Attractant: | Birds Butterflies |
Resistances: | Humidity tolerant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile |
Thread Title | Last Reply | Replies |
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Symplocos tinctoria (Sweetleaf) by annmary77777 | Nov 22, 2020 4:05 PM | 4 |
Tree ID needed by Horntoad | Apr 10, 2014 7:06 AM | 9 |