Heptacodium
Common name: Seven Sons Flower Tree
A little known member of the honeysuckle family that is certain to become a household name.
Although its name may be slightly unattractive, it has all the ornamental features necessary to
be a prized, useful, and well accepted landscape plant. Besides being rare, what makes this
large shrub or small tree so desirable is that it shines at a time of the year when most other
plants are at their worst. Seven-son flower blooms in the late summer - early autumn. its 10-15
foot arching frame is covered with creamy white, fragrant flowers to create a unique and
memorable show. And just when you think that this plant has reached it pinnacle of
ornamentation, the flowers fade and are replaced by stunning cherry red capsules and
flower-like sepals. It's as if the darn thing is blooming again, but in a different color! This unique
floral display provides effective and welcome garden color from late August to until
mid-November. Although Heptacodium has little to offer in fall foliage color, it does have
attractive brown exfoliating bark that provides appreciated winter interest.
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Common name: Seven Sons Flower Tree
A little known member of the honeysuckle family that is certain to become a household name.
Although its name may be slightly unattractive, it has all the ornamental features necessary to
be a prized, useful, and well accepted landscape plant. Besides being rare, what makes this
large shrub or small tree so desirable is that it shines at a time of the year when most other
plants are at their worst. Seven-son flower blooms in the late summer - early autumn. its 10-15
foot arching frame is covered with creamy white, fragrant flowers to create a unique and
memorable show. And just when you think that this plant has reached it pinnacle of
ornamentation, the flowers fade and are replaced by stunning cherry red capsules and
flower-like sepals. It's as if the darn thing is blooming again, but in a different color! This unique
floral display provides effective and welcome garden color from late August to until
mid-November. Although Heptacodium has little to offer in fall foliage color, it does have
attractive brown exfoliating bark that provides appreciated winter interest.
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