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Symplocaceae
Common sweetleaf
Symplocos tinctoria
Also known as Symplocos tinctoria var. ashei, Sweetleaf, Horse sugar, Protohopea tinctoria
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Native Shrub · Woodland Garden · Fragrant Flowers · Southeastern Us · Part Shade · Deciduous · Wildlife Plant · Acidic Soil · Spring Blooming · Rare Native
Common sweetleaf is a semi-evergreen to deciduous native shrub that thrives in part shade with consistently moist, well-drained acidic soil, making it ideal for woodland gardens in the southeastern United States. Water regularly during the first two years to establish a deep root system, then it becomes moderately drought tolerant. Prune lightly after its fragrant spring blooms fade and mulch heavily to retain soil moisture and protect roots.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is evenly moist; avoid waterlogging · Every 7-10 days during growing season; reduce in winter
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 60 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Mixed
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle
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