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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: 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 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: up to 65 feet
Plant Spread: up to 16 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fragrant
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Late fall or early winter
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Provides winter interest
Shade Tree
Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Bumblebees
Bees
Wind
Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Dioecious

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Common names
  • Bee Bee Tree
  • Korean Evodia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tetradium daniellii
  • Synonym: Euodia daniellii

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Location: Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis
Date: 2023-10-16
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis
Date: 2023-07-23
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis
Date: 2023-07-23
Location: 6b / Winchester KY
Date: 2023-06-24
Size comparison
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2011-09-24
My plant was listed as Evodia hupehensis, now Tetradium daniellii
Location: BG Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2015-10-30
Unripe fruit
Location: BG Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2015-10-30
Location: BG Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2015-10-30
Location: BG Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2015-10-30
Location: Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON, Canada
Date: 2014-06-05
Comments:
  • Posted by AndreA33 (Bordeaux, France - Zone 8a) on Mar 25, 2017 3:55 PM concerning plant:
    A very good tree for bees because it brings lots of good quality pollen and nectar in summer when other plants has finished flowering.
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