Cladrastis kentukea YELLOWWOOD
BROADLEAF
DECIDUOUS
FULL SUN
NON-NATIVE
MODERATE DROUGHT TOLERANCE
H: 30FT W: 30FT
Native to the Southeastern United States, the yellowwood is prized for its smooth gray bark, fragrant white spring flowers, and brilliant yellow fall color. Its name comes from the tree’s yellow- tinted heartwood, once used as a natural dye. Its leaves emerge yellow-green, deepen to bright green in summer, and turn clear golden in fall. Every few years, mature trees produce cascading clusters of intensely fragrant, white blooms, giving way to slender seed pods by autumn. While its branches can be brittle in heavy ice or snow, it remains one of the most beautiful and underused flowering trees for urban landscapes.
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