Scientific Name
Symplocos tinctoria

Common Name
Horse-sugar

Hardiness Zones: 7-9
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Moderate
Site Requirements: Sun to partial shade; moist to dry soil; tolerates seasonal flooding and poor soil
Texture: Medium
Form: Upright to rounded
Height: 15 to 35'
Width: 15 to 20'
Leaf: 3 to 6" alternate simple, lustrous dark green leaves; some leaves may remain until spring
Flower/Fruit: Compact cluster of yellow to cream fluffy flowers in early spring on previous years growth; fragrant; orange to brown fruit
Comments: Native; seeds eaten by birds
Cultivars: --
 

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