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Sophora davidii

Shrub Pagoda Tree

Plant Type:

DECIDUOUS SHRUBS

Sophora davidii – This is a seldom offered large shrub with small pinnate leaves all within a mounding upright rounded form. White flushed with blue 2” to 3” racemes in multitudes, like small wisteria inflorescences composed of packed pea florets, adorn the shrub in early summer. Small “pea pods” dangle among the branches mid to late season. Yellow fall color, not significant, occurs in the occasional autumn. One autumn the foliage actually turned black just in time for Halloween – curious, fascinating if not eerie! This is a tough nitrogen fixing shrub which requires full sun. Plant Sophora davidii in any draining soil. Cutting grown.


Height:

8 Ft

Spread:

8 Ft

Colors:

Blue

Zone:

(4)5 to 9
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Characteristics and Attributes for Sophora davidii

Season of Interest (Flowering)

  • Summer

Season of Interest (Foliage)

  • Spring / Summer / Autumn

Interesting Bark

  • Exfoliating

Nature Attraction

  • Deer Resistant

Light

  • Full Sun

Attributes

  • Shrub Border
  • Hedge
  • Hedgerow

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Medium

Soil

  • Average
  • Draining

Origins

  • China

Propagated By

  • Cutting Grown