Sycamore
- Botanical Name
- Platanus occidentalis
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 9
- Height
- 75 to 100
- Width
- 75 to 100
- Flowers
- Spring: deep red, not ornamentally important
- Fruit
- Syncarp (multiple fruit) borne on 3-6" long peduncle, resembling "velcro covered ball'
- Fall Color
- Tan to brown
- Light
- Full sun to light shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Moderately drought and salt tolerant
- Problems
- Anthracnose, fruit and bark litter
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