Name: American Sycamore, American Planetree
Brand: NVK Nurseries
SKU: 3634-50MM-WB
Price: 489.0 CAD
Availability: OutOfStock

Platanus occidentalis

A native tree with strong landscape value and excellent long-term performance.

Horizontal branching with a rounded habit
Large medium green leaves are maple-like in shape
Fall colour is an insignificant yellow-brown
Light brown bark exfoliates in large strips, revealing creamy-white patches
Insignificant flowers give way to fuzzy long-stalked spherical fruiting balls held singly
Commonly used for specimen
Grows best in full sun

Size

60 mm caliper, wire basket

50 mm caliper, wire basket

45 mm caliper, wire basket

40 mm caliper, 16 gal

35 mm caliper, 15 gal

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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight

Full sun

Soil Moisture

Moist, Average, Dry, Well-drained

Hardiness Zone

4 – 4

Mature Height (meters)

27.0 – 30.0

Mature Spread (meters)

20.0 – 25.0

Growth Rate

Fast

Foliage Colour

Yellow

Fall Colour

Brown

Bloom Time

Spring

Habit

Mounding

Deer Resistant

✓

Rabbit Resistant

✓

Ontario Native

✓

Landscape Uses

Accent

Growing & Maintenance Tips

Tolerant of urban environments and a variety of soil conditions, including high pH, this tree is a suitable specimen for a larger landscape, park or street tree. Its most notable attribute is its exfoliating bark, giving the tree a mottled look. One of the largest-growing cultivars of platanus.

Notes

Also referred to as American Plane Tree, Buttonball Tree, Buttonwood, Eastern Sycamore, Sycamore.