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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Tree, Shrub
Lifespan
Woody, Perennial
Plant Height
36-72 ft.
Flower
Tiny flowers appear in clusters in leaf axils, Flowers are in small clusters, sweet, fragrant, open in mid-summer.
Fruit
1/2" long slender shiny globular black fruits mature in the fall, Blue to black berries, oval in shape, edible, ripen in the fall.
Benefits
Attracts
Songbirds
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Taxonomy
Order
Ebenales
Family
Sapotaceae
Genus
Sideroxylon
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