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A slow-growing, deciduous tree
which reaches 45 feet in the wild but is most often
seen at 20 to 30 feet in landscapes. The
multi-divided leaflets are grey/green when young but
mature to dark green, and often drop in fall without
significantly changing color. In summer, dense,
erect, 8-inch-long racemes of bloom appear, each
small, off-white flower tinged with very pale,
dark-blue. These blooms are followed by the
appearance of flat, two to three-inch-long pods.
Amur Maackia may be well-suited to use as a street
or container tree (or in other confined soil spaces
in urban areas), where the peeling, orange/brown,
shiny bark is especially noticeable. Usually seen
with numerous small-diameter trunks originating from
the lower trunk. Thirty-five-year-old,
single-trunked trees have a diameter of about one
foot.
Crown density: moderate. / Growth rate: slow / Leaf
arrangement: alternate / Leaf type: odd pinnately
compound / Leaflet margin: entire / Leaflet shape:
oblong; ovate / Leaflet venation: pinnate / Leaf
type and persistence: deciduous / Leaflet blade
length: 2 to 4 inches.
Uses: Container or above-ground
planter; large parking lot islands (> 200 square
feet in size); wide tree lawns (>6 feet wide);
medium-sized parking lot islands (100-200 square
feet in size); medium-sized tree lawns (4-6 feet
wide); recommended for buffer strips around parking
lots or for median strip plantings in the highway;
near a deck or patio; shade tree; small parking lot
islands (< 100 square feet in size); narrow tree
lawns (3-4 feet wide); specimen; residential street
tree; no proven urban tolerance |
