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Bignoniaceae
White-cedar
Tabebuia heterophylla
Also known as Swamp cedar, Northern white cedar, Eastern arborvitae, Tabebuia triphylla
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Tabebuia · Tropical Tree · Trumpet Flowers · Caribbean Native · Pink Flowers · Coastal Plant · Fast Growing · Specimen Tree · Drought Tolerant · Flowering Tree
White-cedar is a stunning Caribbean native tree prized for its showy pink trumpet flowers and tolerance of coastal conditions including salt spray and drought once established. Plant in full sun to partial shade with well-draining soil, and water regularly during the first two years to encourage deep root development. This fast-growing tree makes an excellent specimen or street tree in frost-free climates (USDA zones 10-11).
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply and allow soil to partially dry between waterings; reduce watering during dry dormant periods · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–8
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 180 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Hawaii, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle
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