Common Name: seven-son flower
Type: Deciduous shrub
Zone: 5 to 9
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Location: Chesterfield va
just recieve plant would like to know more about it
Stephen Cox
Location: Grand Rapids, MI USA
Heptacodium is very unique in its shape, bloom time, fruit color branching structure and bark.
I find it useful where I need a rather small ornamental tree which will attract interest in
the summer and fall.
Rural Westchester, NY
Location: North Salem, NY,USA
Stunning landscape smallish tree. Grows rapidy to 12-14 ft. in five years with gorgeous fall color!and beautiful bark year round. No exceptional water requirements.
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Location: Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
We get many positive comments from neighbors who all have the run-of-the-mill trees like pink dogwoods, etc. The interesting trunk and bark are pleasing to the eye as well as the late season blooms. It makes a very nice addition to our yard.
MaryAnn Fink/growexcellence.com/MLNA
Location: St. Charles, MO
all time personal favorite in the Plants of Merit program. Very tough and non-invasive for the lower Midwest
C L Haven
Location: Grand Rapids, Mi
Have two of these trees and moved them from old home to new home without any problems. Good year around interest, blend in well with other specimens in the garden. I enjoy these Heptacodium. Good plant.
George
Location: Westport, Connecticut
Superb plant for the late season-winter interest
Barbara Stallard
Location: Highland, IL, USA
We have sold this plant in the nursery for several years and I have grown this in my own landscape for 2 years. It attracts the most attention with its purple seed heads in late summer. I have found it easy to grow. Moderate growth rate. Great multi-season interest with flower, fruit and interesting bark.
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
I saw this plant growing wild in China. It's quite striking.
Sally, enthusiastic home gardener
Location: Chichester, Sussex, England
I am in England, in the south. I have had Heptocodium miconioides several years, and it is just flowering for the first time, I am thrilled!! It is very interesting reading all the other comments. Does anyone know pruning methods.
Dawn
Location: Spokane, Washington
I have four of these plants and love love love them. Mine range in height from 4' to 12'. My mature one is beautiful all year. Mine also grow in full sun and anywhere from 2' - 4' per year. We got over 9' snow last winter and they all came through like champs.
Maria Ouellette
Location: Simcoe, Ont. Canada
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Location: St. Louis, MO
I have a mature seven sons that is such a trouble-free, year-round winner, I wanted more. My new one isn't as undemanding. Lower leaves are turning dark at the base. Any suggestions?
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Location: Madison, MO USA
Fragrant flower clusters welcome butterflies in late summer, then showy red seed heads appear. Blooming starts while quite small, under 3 feet. Fairly quick growing, however my shrub, at about 8 feet tall, has not yet started peeling to show the bone white bark. I have seen no disease or insect problems, and I have not yet seen any seedlings after many years of bloom.
Silvia Weber
Location: Lakewood, Ohio
Attractive small tree with fragrant creamy blooms in late summer/early fall when little else is blooming. Interesting bark for winter. Can be pruned as desired.
Darlene
Location: St. Charles, MO
We have 3 of these trees in our yard and we love the flowers in the Fall, the unique bark and the lovely vase shape.
Charles Gullickson
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
One of my favorite shrubs, and definitely a zone 4 plant. I grow it at our lake cabin in east central SD, where it has easily survived 30 below. Pest free, deer leave it alone, and charming all year 'round.
Chuck Brust
Location: St Louis
Seven reasons to love Heptacodium: 1-fragrant late summer white flowers, 2-colorful red fall fruit, 3-exfoliating bark for winter interest, 4-bee magnet, 5-monarch nectar source in fall, 6-manageable size tree for small spaces, 7-not invasive
Lisa
Location: Woodstock Il
This is a great tree. Small enough fits in many spots, flowers white then turns pink then the berries along with the paper bark. Love it.
Peyton Carr
Location: Newmarket, NH (Seacoast zone 6A
Have planted two in less than full sun locations (one on east side of house) and have done very well. Love all the unusual attributes and fast growth habit.
Souderton Gardener
Location: Souderton, PA
I have two that are 20 and 24 years old. They are both very pretty and are both butterfly and honeybee magnets. My only downside is that we have had problems with die back due to what I believe is a canker. I though the older one was definitely going to die after having to prune away huge sections of it that just up and died in mid summer. This year the tree has sent out a lot of new growth and appears to be doing well but not sure if it will come back again since this is soil borne. I really like them but am afraid I might lose one or both. The other is 30 feet from the one with problems.
Eric
Location: Boston, Mass.
One of my favorite small trees. Great double show in the fall (white flower in September, purple calyxes in Oct-Nov), beautiful white peeling bark in winter, clean, pest-free foliage in spring/summer. Like its cousin the bush honeysuckle, heptacodium is relatively fast-growing and unfussy as to soil and water, but unlike the honeysuckles it is not invasive. There is also the pleasure of knowing you are growing a plant that is rare and endangered in the wild. Does require some judicious pruning when young to attain a graceful shape, especially pruning out long vertical shoots. Can grow in shade but looks much better with part-sun at least. Will never become common in commerce since a) the show peaks in late fall, when few are shopping for plants, and b) it doesn't take well to container culture and tends to look rather sad in a pot. But put it in the ground...