Additional information
| Attracts | Butterflies |
|---|---|
| Bloom Period | May |
| Colors | Whites and Off-Whites |
| Fall Colors | Yellow |
| Plant Height | 8-12 feet |
| Shrub Size | 8-12' x 6-10' |
| Spread | 6-10 feet |
| Sun | Full, Partial |
| Water | Medium |
Staphylea trifolia (Bladdernut)
Large shrub with white bell-shaped flowers on panicles in May. The seed is a 1-1.5″ bladder-like capsule. The capsule remains on the branch a month after the leaves fall. When shaken or blown by the wind, the seeds rattle in the capsule. Does well in good garden soil with full sun to light shade. Yellow fall color.
Associates: Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple), Actaea pachypoda (White Baneberry), Allium tricoccum (Wild Leek), Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger), Carya cordiformis (Bitternut Hickory), Cercis canadensis (Red Bud), Dentaria laciniata (Toothwort), Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s Breeches), Geranium maculatum (Wild Geranium), Hepatica acutiloba (Sharp-Lobed Hepatica), Hydrophyllum virginianum (Virginia Waterleaf), Lindera benzoin (Spicebush), Phlox divaricata (Blue/Woodland Phlox), Quercus rubra (Red Oak), Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot), Sassafras albidum (Sassafras), Tilia americana (American Linden), Trillium recurvatum (Prairie or Red Trillium)