AVAILABLE FALL 2024! Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea)
AVAILABLE FALL 2024! Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea)
Sun: full sun or part shade
Soil: well draining, moist but tolerant of sandy drier soils as well
Growth rate: slow (<1 ft/year)
Mature height: 30-45 ft tall
Mature spread: 40-45 ft wide
Landscape use: pollinator garden, urban park, neighborhood, ornamental
Fruit: showy flat brown/yellow seed pods that hang down in late summer
Flowers: hanging panicles of white flowers
Fall color: yellow/orange
Planting notes: known for being tolerant of high pH and dry soil
Seasonal interest: 4 seasons of interest with flowers, fruit, fall leaf color, and mature smooth gray bark (like American Beech)
Supporting wildlife: Provides nesting sites for songbirds, high quality pollen and nectar for bees and other pollinators. Pollinated by bees. Host plant of the Locust Leaf Miner (beetle)