{"id":10786,"date":"2018-08-01T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=10786"},"modified":"2018-07-05T19:08:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T23:08:59","slug":"korean-sweetheart-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2018\/08\/01\/korean-sweetheart-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Sweetheart Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fruit capsules fill the tree in August<\/p><\/div>\n

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Unique Striated Bark<\/p><\/div>\n

The late\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. J. C. Raulston, N.C. State University horticulture professor emeritus, discovered Korean sweetheart tree (Euscaphis japonica<\/em>) in 1985 on the Korean Peninsula while participating in a U.S. National Arboretum collection expedition (USDA hardiness zones 6-8). Dr. Raulston brought seeds back to the N.C. State Arboretum for assessment and evaluation. The species common name “sweetheart tree” was coined by Tennessee nurseryman Mr. Don Shadow.<\/p>\n

Small 9-inch long\u00a0terminal panicles of yellow flowers appear in late spring, most hidden within the dense foliage and go mostly unseen.\u00a0\u00a0Opposite pinnately compound leaves are 6-10 inches long. The compound leaves are comprised of dark green, 2-4 inch long leaflets. The tree’s\u00a0greatest asset\u00a0is the showy bountiful clusters of heart-shaped fruit capsules. They gradually ripen from green to pink to finally red in late summer. In early to mid-October the fruit capsules split\u00a0apart\u00a0to reveal a tiny, shiny, black seed within. The grayish colored bark has white striations which\u00a0provide\u00a0some winter interest.<\/p>\n

Sweetheart\u00a0tree prefers a\u00a0good\u00a0loamy well-drained soil and planted in full sun to partial shade.\u00a0Feed annually with a slow-release\u00a0fertilizer\u00a0such as Osmocote\u00ae\u00a0or Nutricote\u00ae. Although an\u00a0older established\u00a0tree is\u00a0highly drought tolerant, provide supplemental irrigation to a\u00a0new\u00a01-3 year old\u00a0tree\u00a0if summer rainfall is\u00a0sparse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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No serious disease and insect problems trouble this small 2o-25 feet tall tree. In the early years corrective pruning is recommended for shaping the young tree. Availability is primarily from on-line plant nurseries.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The late\u00a0Dr. J. C. Raulston, N.C. State University horticulture professor emeritus, discovered Korean sweetheart tree (Euscaphis japonica) in 1985 on the Korean Peninsula while participating in a U.S. National Arboretum collection expedition (USDA hardiness zones 6-8). Dr. Raulston brought seeds back to the N.C. State Arboretum for assessment and evaluation. The species common name “sweetheart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1319,605,674,806,665,853,551,791,843,601,729,1321,777,630,705,646,790,7,113,655,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10786"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10793,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10786\/revisions\/10793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}