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Sapindaceae
Yellow-horn
Xanthoceras sorbifolium
Also known as Popcorn shrub, Chinese yellow-horn, Xanthoceras
Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Yellow-Horn · Ornamental Shrub · Spring Flowering · Cold Hardy · Xanthoceras · Deciduous · Sapindaceae · Chinese Native · Edible Seed · Drought Tolerant
Yellow-horn is a striking ornamental shrub or small tree from northern China, prized for its showy white spring flowers with yellow-to-red centers. It tolerates cold winters and adapts well to a range of well-draining soils, requiring little supplemental watering once established. An excellent choice for a low-maintenance landscape specimen in temperate gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 7 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently, allowing soil to dry out between waterings once established · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 120 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- China North-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Korea, Uzbekistan
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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