Description

An ideal home-landscape sized ornamental tree with multi-season interest; compound leaves emerge fuzzy silver; spike-like racemes of white flowers in early summer; a vigorous variety with upright branching, forming a symmetrical vase shape

Landscape Attributes

MaacNificent® Amur Maackia is a deciduous tree with an indistinguished habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

MaacNificent® Amur Maackia is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

MaacNificent® Amur Maackia will grow to be about 30 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 22 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 5 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more.

This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations, and should do just fine under average home landscape conditions. It is not particular as to soil type or pH, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.