Gymnocladus dioicus --Kentucky CoffeeTree-- Hostas can grow in swamp or

can grow in swamp or standing water

richly striped with creamy yellow along the edges

Temps over 60

it likes dappled shade or indirect bright light

Produces clusters of fuzzy pastel flowers

Gymnocladus dioicus --Kentucky CoffeeTree-- Hostas can grow in swamp orRare Texas native tree! Grown from seed at LSN. Really tolerant plant is drought resistant, adapted to a variety of soils, tough! Great as an ornamental or shade tree, up to 70' tall, medium to slow grower at 1 2 feet per year, loves sun. Large seed pods on the male tree in the fall, can be dried and used as a coffee replacement beverage, as Native peoples historically did. Female trees make large and showy blooms.