#1080 most planted
Heptacodium miconioides
Seven-son flower · also Heptacodium miconioides
Deciduous
136
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
11
cities
3.0 in
median trunk (8 cm, 94 measured)
4.8 yr
median age (43% have a planting date)
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Heptacodium miconioides is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to China, known for its clusters of seven flowers and leaves that turn bright red in sunny environments. This rare flowering tree is an important ornamental, providing food for insects due to its late blooming period.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 380.01%3.3 yr—
- 240.01%—3.0 in
- 240.02%6.4 yr16 in
- 230.01%—3.0 in
- 130.01%—1.4 in
- 70.00%12 yr1.6 in
- 20.01%—1.6 in
- 20.00%——
- 10.01%—3.1 in
- 10.00%—4.7 in
- 10.00%——
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 13–30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Sep, Oct, Nov
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.0 in, mean 6.2 in, 90th percentile 16 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests