Eastern Swampprivet
Forestiera acuminata
Eastern swampprivet is a wetland shrub or small tree of floodplains and swamps, with early greenish flowers and dark fruit that ducks and songbirds eat. A useful native for wet, shaded ground.
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–20 ft
- Spacing
- 10–20 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- February, March, April
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, SC, TN, TX