Height: 35’ + Spread: to 35’ Light Needs: Full sun to part shade Water: average to wet Flower color: white Bloom time: May to June
This tree has smooth, gray bark and a fairly narrow crown. The sweetly fragrant, creamy white flowers are three inches wide or more. They appear in mid-spring and sometimes appear sporadically throughout the summer. Some plants are deciduous in winter while others are evergreen - at least in mild winters. They have bright red seeds that are relished by birds. In the garden, this species is a nice, medium-sized shade tree for a suburban lot. It is a host plant for the caterpillars of the eastern tiger swallowtail and the spicebush swallowtail butterflies. Protect young plants from deer.
