American Yellowwood

Basic Landscape Attributes

Height Range:

30-50 ft. height

Fall Colors:

Clear yellow in fall

Width Range:

40-55 ft. spread

Flower Type:

Showy cascades of fragrant white pea-like blooms

Shape:

Round shape

History of
the Tree Species

Botanist Andre Michaux discovered yellowwood in the winter of 1796.
Yellowwood won a Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Award in 1994.
Native Americans used the tree for building and carving.
Early settlers in southern Appalachians used root bark as dye and wood for gunstocks.
Today, primarily used for ornamental purposes thanks to showy clusters of flowers.
White flowers appear in summer and are fragrant (vanilla-like).

Full sun to partial shade
Prefers deep, moist, fertile, well-drained loam or moist sandy soil with medium acid pH
Tolerates both high pH and acidic soils

No known edible or medicinal uses

Location on tree on Shelby Ave: