Description
Coffeetree, Kentucky (Gymnocladus dioicus)
Zone 3-8
Full sun
The Kentucky Coffeetree is a slow to moderate-growing, tree that grows 60 to 80 feet tall and 40 to 55 feet wide. This particular tree is tolerant of poor soils, as well as extreme drought conditions, The leaves emerge in the late spring and appear pinkish-bronze and then mature to a bluish-green. Greenish-white flowers appear at the branch tips in late spring to early summer. In the fall, the leaves turn yellow and the female trees have clusters of large purplish-brown or reddish-brown seed pods.
