American Yellowwood
Cladrastis kentukea
American yellowwood is a refined native shade tree with smooth gray bark, bright green compound leaves turning gold in fall, and dramatic drooping panicles of fragrant white pea flowers. A nitrogen-fixing bee tree.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 30–50 ft
- Spacing
- 40–55 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN