Yellowwood

Yellowwood

Cladrastis kentukea

This graceful native tree bears long, pendulous clusters of fragrant white flowers in late spring, a wisteria-like floral display on a vase-shaped tree with broad, spreading branches and golden-yellow autumn colour.

  • Vase-shaped crown with broad, almost horizontal, spreading branches.
  • Long pendulous wisteria-like clusters of fragrant white flowers.
  • Compound green leaves turn a delicate yellow to orange in the fall.
  • A beautiful specimen in any landscape, especially when in flower.
  • Commonly used for specimen.
  • Grows best in full sun.
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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight
Full sun
Soil Moisture
Moist, Average, Dry, Well-drained
Drought Tolerant
✓
Hardiness Zone
4 – 4
Mature Height (meters)
10.0 – 12.0
Mature Spread (meters)
9.0 – 10.0
Growth Rate
Medium
Flower Colour
White
Foliage Colour
Green
Fall Colour
Yellow
Bloom Time
Spring
Habit
Mounding
Pollinator Friendly
✓
Fragrant
✓
Landscape Uses
Accent
Growing & Maintenance Tips
Long drooping panicles of white flowers appear in late spring/early summer, often in alternate years. Tolerant of high pH levels in the soil and dry conditions. Yellowwood shouldnot be pruned in late winter or spring.
Notes
Cladrastis lutea was changed to Cladrastis kentukea as the current accepted name

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