Cliftonia Cliftonia monophylla
Other Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- klif-TOH-nee-ah mon-oh-FYE-lah
- Description
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This plant is an evergreen plant and likes sun to partial shade as well as moist to wet, sandy soil.
It forms a crooked, multi-stemmed tree. This plant colonizes.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Cliftonia
- Species:
- monophylla
- Family:
- Cyrillaceae
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- southeastern regions of U.S.A.
- Wildlife Value:
- Flowers attract bees and is a honey plant for bees.
- Play Value:
- Wildlife Food Source
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Tree
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Multi-stemmed
- Multi-trunked
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Sand
- Soil Drainage:
- Occasionally Wet
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Description:
- buckwheat shaped fruit
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Raceme
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Description:
- This plant has 2.5-3.5 in. raceme of fragrant, white or rose flowers and blooms in spring.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Leathery
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Description:
- This plant has opposite, simple, 1-2 in. lustrous, dark green leaves.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Theme:
- Pollinator Garden
- Attracts:
- Bees
- Pollinators
