Description

A true gem for the discerning home landscape, this is a small accent tree with showy cream-variegated foliage all season, large frothy white flowers in early summer and a neat upright habit; use as a specimen, best with some afternoon shade

Landscape Attributes

Golden Eclipse Japanese Tree Lilac is a deciduous tree with an upright spreading 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.

Golden Eclipse Japanese Tree Lilac is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Golden Eclipse Japanese Tree Lilac will grow to be about 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 3 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This tree does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.