Symplocos tinctoria
Sweetleaf
- Hardiness
- USDA Zones 7–9
- Mature size
- Height 25–30 Feet · Spread 12–18 Feet
- Seasonality
- Semi-Evergreen
This variety is no actively in production in our propagation house and may not return to our catalogue. We maintain this page purely for reference and archival purposes. If you would like to grow this plant, tell us. Your interest helps guide what we bring back.
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Sweetleaf or Horse Sugar is a small tree with simple slightly toothed deciduous to persistent leaves 4-5 inches long and 1 inch wide. It flowers in very early spring with axillary clusters of fuzzy yellow flowers that can be quite showy. The smooth gray streaked bark is attractive. This ornamental small tree is widespread in woodlands in the southern U.S. coastal plain but is rarely available from nurseries as it is not easy to propagate or transplant. It thrives in better quality sandy soils in sun or semi shade.
yellow, fuzzy, panicles, early spring