Kentucky coffeetree

Kentucky coffeetree is a magnificent native tree for the summer and winter landscape. Enjoy its toughness, its stark beauty, its large compound leaves with tiny leaflets, its sturdy branching pattern, and its attractive pods and seeds.

  Kentucky coffeetree is a native tree that is planted as a tough urban survivor in streetscapes, and is tolerant of limey soils and tree pits (Chicago urban foresters list it as one of their five toughest street trees). It has a starkly coarse yet beautiful appearance in the winter landscape, and its fairly early fall defoliation and late spring foliation make it perfect if long seasons of sun penetration are desired.