General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
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 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 40 to 50 feet
Plant Spread: 25 to 30 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Other: Male variety, does not set fruit.
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Xeriscapic
Uses: Provides winter interest
Shade Tree
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Dioecious

Trade name information:
Trade Name: Stately Manor™
Cultivar name: 'Stately Manor'
Common names
  • Kentucky Coffeetree
  • Kentucky Coffee Tree
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Gymnocladus dioica
  • Synonym: Gymnocladus dioicus

Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on May 27, 2019 12:29 PM concerning plant:
    This male, podless cultivar has a more narrow, upright form about 50 feet high by 20 feet wide, selected from the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

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