Trees That Attract Birds, Bees, Butterflies Post 8
This tree completes my current research project. Get maximum benefit from your yard by having a variety of plants with fragrant blooms which will produce fruits and bring wild life to enjoy.
AMERICAN YELLOWWOOD (Cladrastis kentukea)
Glorious drooping panicles of fragrant white flowers put on a great show in early summer. The flowers are luxurious 6 to 10 inch clusters are fragrant and it is a bee magnet. It is prized for its smooth, silvery bark, “second-best to beech” . The yellowwood doesn’t bloom until trees are over 12 feet tall, and then the blooms are best every second or even third year. Fall foliage is a soft yellow, thus its common name Yellowwood. It grows 30 to 50 feet tall with a wider spread. Prune it from an early age to encourage a graceful mature form. Yellowwood is native to the mid-Atlantic and the Midwest. They are now very rare in the wild. Hardy in Zones 4 to 9.
American Yellowwood in Bloom
A Group of Yellowwood's In Fall Colors
