Plant Habit: | Tree |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0) Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5) Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) |
Plant Height: | 20-50 feet |
Plant Spread: | 25-50 feet |
Leaves: | Good fall color Unusual foliage color Deciduous |
Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
Fruiting Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall Fall |
Flowers: | Showy Blooms on old wood Other: the white "flowers" are actually bracts surrounding the almost insignificant flowers |
Flower Color: | Pink White Other: tiny true yellowish flowers in center, big white to rose bracts |
Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
Flower Time: | Late winter or early spring Spring |
Uses: | Flowering Tree Will Naturalize |
Edible Parts: | Fruit |
Dynamic Accumulator: | P (Phosphorus) K (Potassium) Ca (Calcium) |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds |
Toxicity: | Fruit is poisonous |
Propagation: Seeds: | Suitable for wintersowing |
Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Cuttings: Tip Cuttings: Cane Other: greenwood cuttings in spring, hardwood cuttings in summer |
Pollinators: | Various insects |
Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
Miscellaneous: | Monoecious |
plumbfarie | On March 31, 2022 | Maintenance performed Prune dead branches-shape |
WebTucker | On March 25, 2022 | Bloomed |
WebTucker | On October 3, 2021 | Fruit Ripened |
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