Description
P. occidentalis – Buttonwood – American Plane – Button-ball – This vigorous, wide spreading and irregular, open crowned, deciduous tree from Eastern And Southern North America grows 80-150′ feet tall and 70′ feet wide.It has attractive, flaking brown, gray, and cream bark and usually 3 to 5 lobed, scented, bright green leaves, to 10″ wide.Fruit cluster, which are initially green and later turn to brown, 1″ across, are held usually singly, rarely in pairs, and persist during autumn and winter.Prone to leaf blight.
Grow in fertile, well drained, soil
in full sun but best in alluvial soils with a consistent water source.
Zones 5-8
