Yellowwood, Kentucky Yellowwood, Yellow Ash, American Yellowwood, Virgilia Cladrastis kentukea - Cladrastis tinctoria, Cladrastis lutea, Sophora kentukea

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Botanical Name:

Cladrastis kentukea

Family:

Fabaceae

Genus:

Cladrastis

Species:

kentukea

Common Name:

Yellowwood, Kentucky Yellowwood, Yellow Ash, American Yellowwood, Virgilia

Seeds Per Pound:

9,313

Quantity:

13.12 lb

Germination:

98%

Germination Test Type:

Cut (Full Seed)

Purity:

99%

Height:

30-50 feet

Collection Locale:

Missouri

Crop Year:

2023

Minimum Hardiness Zone:

Harvest hemisphere:

Northern

In Stock: 13.12 lb

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Cladrastis kentukea

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$515.70

Characteristics

Urban Tolerant Plant

Growing Info, follow in order:

Scarification: Soak in hot tap water, let stand in water for 24 hours.

Stratification: cold stratify for 90 days.

Germination: sow seed 1/4" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.

In a Nutshell:

* Cladrastis kentukea, the Kentucky yellowwood or American yellowwood (syn. C. lutea, C. tinctoria), is a species of Cladrastis native to the Southeastern United States, with a restricted range from western North Carolina west to eastern Oklahoma, and from southern Missouri and Indiana south to central Alabama. Also the tree is sometimes called Virgilia.

* Cladrastis kentukea is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree typically growing 10–15 metres (33–49 ft) tall, exceptionally to 27 metres (89 ft) tall, with a broad, rounded crown and smooth gray bark. The leaves are compound pinnate, 20-30 cm long, with 5-11 (mostly 7-9) alternately arranged leaflets, each leaflet broad ovate with an acute apex, 6-13 cm long and 3-7 cm broad, with an entire margin and a thinly to densely hairy underside. In the fall, the leaves turn a mix of yellow, gold, and orange.

* One of the rarest trees of eastern North America. Found principally on the limestone cliffs of Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, but it is hardy at the north.

* Bright green compound leaves and handsome gray-brown bark, fall color dark yellow, fragrant white flowers in pendulous, terminal panicles in late summer, often branches low and produces a broad, rounded crown, native to southeast-central USA.

* Cladrastis kentukea is widely grown as an ornamental tree for its attractive flowers, and is locally naturalized in many areas of the eastern United States outside of its restricted native range. It thrives in full sunlight and in well-drained soil, tolerates high pH soils as well as acid situations. The Yellowwood can withstand urban settings and is attractive to birds.

* Kentucky Yellowwood is recommended as one of the best medium sized trees for cultivation as an ornamental plant in gardens.

* The name yellowwood derives from its yellow heartwood, used in small amounts for specialist furniture, gunstocks and decorative woodturning. more...

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Yellowwood, Kentucky Yellowwood, Yellow Ash, American Yellowwood, Virgilia Cladrastis kentukea - Cladrastis tinctoria, Cladrastis lutea, Sophora kentukea

Cladrastis kentukea

Fabaceae

Cladrastis

kentukea

Yellowwood, Kentucky Yellowwood, Yellow Ash, American Yellowwood, Virgilia

Cladrastis kentukea

Specimen Tree

Flowering Tree

Heat Tolerant

Fragrant

Fall Color

High PH

Urban Tolerant Plant