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Cyrillaceae
Black titi
Cyrilla racemiflora
Also known as Cyrilla brevifolia, Itea cyrilla, Cyrilla racemiflora var. subglobosa, Cyrilla racemiflora var. parvifolia
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Native Shrub · Wetland Plant · Semi-Evergreen · Fall Color · White Flowers · Southeastern Native · Acidic Soil · Titi · Cyrillaceae
Black titi is a semi-evergreen to deciduous shrub or small tree native to the southeastern United States and tropical Americas, thriving in moist, acidic soils along wetlands, swamps, and woodland edges. It produces attractive racemes of fragrant white flowers in summer and offers outstanding red-to-orange fall foliage color. Plant in part shade to full sun with consistently moist conditions; it is not well-suited to dry or alkaline soils.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist, especially during flowering; avoid prolonged drought but ensure good drainage to prevent root rot · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.9–6.8
- Temperature
- 50°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 10a-12b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 72 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nicaragua
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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