Scientific Name: Styphnolobium japonicum
Common Name: Chinese scholar tree, Japanese pagoda tree
Native Range: China, Korea
Zone: 4 to 8
Plant type & Form: Tree with broad rounded crown
Height: 50.00 to 75.00 feet
Spread: 50.00 to 75.00 feet
Bloom Time: July to August
Bloom Description: Creamy white
Flower: Small, fragrant, pea-like, creamy white flowers (each 1/2” long) bloom in late summer in sweeping terminal panicles to 12” long and to 12” wide
Fruit: slender, 1- to 6-seeded, knobby, bean-like pods (to 3-8” long) that mature to brown in fall and persist into winter
Leaf: Pinnate leaves (to 10” long), each with 7-17 oval, lustrous, dark green leaflets
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Soil type & pH: sandy loams
Maintenance: Low
Suggested Use: Shade Tree, Street Tree
Tolerates: Drought, Air Pollution
Identification notes: Flowers fall to the ground around the tree after bloom covering the ground with a blanket of white
