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Seven Son Flower

Heptacodium Miconiodes

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Overview

The Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium miconioides) is an ornamental deciduous shrub or small tree. Maturing at 15-20 feet tall and 10-15 feet wide, it boasts fragrant white flowers in late summer that give way to showy red bracts. With exfoliating bark and a vase-shaped growth, it offers multi-season interest. Prefers full sun to part shade and well-drained soil. Hardy to USDA Zone 5, it's ideal for mixed borders and specimen plantings.

Sun FullWater MediumZones 5–9Type Shrub, Tree
Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium Miconiodes) — the Seven Son Flower offers an additional spectacle with its calyces that enlarge and turn a vibrant red

Culture

Sun
Full
Water
Medium
USDA zones
5–9

Shape & size

Classification

Type
Shrub, Tree
Family
Caprifoliaceae

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Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium Miconiodes) — Prefers full sun to part shade and well-drained soil; it boasts fragrant white flowers in late summer that give way
Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium Miconiodes) — The Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium miconioides) is an ornamental deciduous shrub or small tree
Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium Miconiodes) — revealing a rich brown inner bark that provides year-round visual interest.<br><br>As its common name suggests
Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium Miconiodes) — known scientifically as Heptacodium miconioides
Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium Miconiodes) — When considering this plant for a garden
Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium Miconiodes) — shrub / tree with pink and white blooms
Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium Miconiodes) — known scientifically as Heptacodium miconioides; offering a second flush of color into the autumn
Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium Miconiodes) — though it prefers well-drained soils; which bloom profusely in late summer to early fall
Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium Miconiodes) — Heptacodium miconioides is well-adapted to a variety of soil types; known scientifically as Heptacodium miconioides
Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium Miconiodes) — it exhibits drought tolerance
Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium Miconiodes) — which bloom profusely in late summer to early fall; is a distinctive deciduous shrub or small tree
Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium Miconiodes) — at a time when few other shrubs are in flower
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