SASSAFRAS albidum

sassafras, ague tree, sassafras tree, white sassafras

SASSAFRAS albidum

sassafras, ague tree, sassafras tree, white sassafras

  • Maintenance advice : Pruning is often not necessary except to remove dead wood.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Eastern United States; introduced in 1633
  • Use group : Bäumen
  • Height at 10 years : 6 m
  • Width at 10 years : 3 m
  • Growth : Medium
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : tree like
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : Green yellow
  • Soil type : Wet soil
  • Uses : Free standing specimen
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A tree in its native range, it often takes the shape of a small tree or a suckering shrub in our climates. Slow-growing, upright in the early years, it spreads out with age. The outstanding bronzed foliage in spring turns dark green in summer, orange-yellow and red in autumn (red to purple on the side of the sun). Its leaves of mixed shape and irregular lobes, have a lemongrass scent when crumpled. Fairly deep soils, non calcareous, preferably cool and sheltered by other trees.