{"id":1918,"date":"2012-08-20T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2011-11-21T14:15:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T19:15:35","slug":"fall-in-love-with-sweetheart-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/08\/20\/fall-in-love-with-sweetheart-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall In Love With Sweetheart Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Korean Sweetheart tree (Euscaphis)<\/p><\/div>\n

The late J.C. Raulston introduced euscaphus tree (Euscaphus japonica<\/em>) to gardeners in the 1980’s. Tennessee nurseryman Don Shadow is credited with naming it “Korean sweetheart tree” which has become\u00a0its more popular name. It is reliably winter hardy to USDA zone 6-b.<\/p>\n

Sweetheart tree is a small\u00a015-20 foot tree or large shrub. The pinnately compound\u00a0foliage is comprised of 7-11 leaflets which are glossy and feel thick to the\u00a0touch.\u00a0Leaflets\u00a0hold their\u00a0dark green color\u00a0through the summer months. Foliage reportedly turns burgundy red in the autumn, but my tree of 20 years has\u00a0finished greenish yellow\u00a0every year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A young tree branches low to the ground and\u00a0its bark has a\u00a0brownish purple\u00a0skin\u00a0with thin white lines running vertically.\u00a0A 25 years and\u00a0older\u00a0tree\u00a0exhibits\u00a0a dark gray bark.<\/p>\n

Small terminal clusters of creamy white flowers open\u00a0in late May and early June. While flowers are noticeable\u00a0through the compound foliage, they are not stunning compared to many showier\u00a0trees and shrubs\u00a0also blooming at this time.<\/p>\n

In late summer the bright red fruits will likely capture your attention.\u00a0Multiples of\u00a01\/2 inch wide, heart shaped\u00a0seed capsules are grouped together, and turn cherry red in early September. The capsules open to\u00a0reveal 1-3 shiny black seeds within.<\/p>\n

Sweetheart tree grows best in a\u00a0compost rich,\u00a0well-drained, and moderately\u00a0acidic garden soil. Grow\u00a0sweetheart tree\u00a0in full sun (under irrigation) or in part shade (2-3 hours sunlight and no irrigation).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The late J.C. Raulston introduced euscaphus tree (Euscaphus japonica) to gardeners in the 1980’s. Tennessee nurseryman Don Shadow is credited with naming it “Korean sweetheart tree” which has become\u00a0its more popular name. It is reliably winter hardy to USDA zone 6-b. Sweetheart tree is a small\u00a015-20 foot tree or large shrub. The pinnately compound\u00a0foliage is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,605,674,774,791,630,705,646,790,655],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918"}],"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=1918"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2276,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions\/2276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}