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Fabaceae
Gymnocladus dioicus
Gymnocladus dioicus
Also known as Guilandina dioica, Gymnocladus, Guilandina inermis, Gymnocladus canadensis
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Native Tree · Deciduous · Shade Tree · Urban Tolerant · Kentucky Coffeetree · Large Tree · Gymnocladus · Drought Tolerant · Landscape · Low Maintenance
Kentucky coffeetree is a stately native deciduous tree prized for its bold, twice-compound foliage, rugged bark, and tolerance of urban conditions including drought, compacted soil, and pollution. Plant in full sun in a large open space, as it can reach 60–80 feet tall at maturity, though it grows slowly. Water regularly during its first two years to aid establishment, after which it requires very little supplemental care.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply at the root zone; mature trees are largely self-sufficient with average rainfall · Every 10-14 days when young; rainfall sufficient once established
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-8b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 30 ft – 50 ft
- Spread
- 30 ft
- Spacing
- 360 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Maine, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle
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