Sassafras albidum ~ Sassafras-ServeScape
Sassafras albidum ~ Sassafras-ServeScape
Sassafras albidum ~ Sassafras-ServeScape
Sassafras albidum ~ Sassafras-ServeScape
Sassafras albidum ~ Sassafras-ServeScape
Sassafras albidum ~ Sassafras-ServeScape

Sassafras

Sassafras albidum


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  • Delivery ONLY to Metro Atlanta & Athens within 5-7 business days
  • Pickup in 3-5 business days from our Switchyard in Chamblee
           (Mon & Fri 3pm-6pm - 3708 N Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA)
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Planning to install this tree yourself? We recommend a size 15 Gallon or smaller for do it yourself installations. These small sizes do not require any offloading equipment!
Trees that are sized by height or caliper are delivered with a large root ball wrapped in burlap. They require heavy equipment to install. We recommend working with a contractor for installation! They can also provide the equipment necessary for offloading the tree upon delivery. We will coordinate delivery with you so that your contractor has equipment ready upon your trees arrival! OR check the box below for ServeScape to provide offloading equipment for an additional fee.

Sassafras is an ornamental native deciduous tree that is shrubby in its youth and matures to a dense pyramidal tree.  The long mitten shaped foliage is bright green with a whitish underside and turns excellent shades of yellow, purple, or red in fall. Attractive clusters of  greenish-yellow flowers bloom on the branch tips in spring, and on female trees give way to clusters of blue-black berries on scarlet stems.  Grows best in moist, loamy, well-drained acidic soils.

Sassafras albidum is host plant for the Imperial Moth and the Spicebush Swallowtail.

Type: 

Tree

Origins: 

Eastern US; GA Native

Height: 

30’ - 60'

Spread: 

25' - 40'

Spacing: 

35'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 9

Culture: 

Full Sun

Bloom Color: 

Yellow

Season of Interest: 

SpringFall, Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  No serious pests or diseases.  May develop chlorosis in alkaline soils.  Difficult to transplant once established due to deep taproot.  If root suckers not removed tree will begin to take on appearance of a large multi-stemmed shrub.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Group Plantings or Specimen Tree, Naturalized AreasWildlife Gardens, Privacy Screen, and  Shade Tree

COMPANION PLANTS: Blue Star, Sweet Gum, Flowering Dogwood

IMAGES: PymoussRennes ParcOberthur Sassafras albidumCC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Famartin2020-04-20 17 11 38 View up into the crown of a Sassafras in bloom along Virginia Willow Drive in the Franklin Glen section of Chantilly, Fairfax County, VirginiaCC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Famartin2020-10-22 12 16 02 A Sassafras in autumn along Oak Ivy Lane in the Franklin Glen section of Chantilly, Fairfax County, VirginiaCC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Michael RiveraCoastal Georgia Botanical Gardens, Sassafras albidumCC BY-SA 4.0, (5) Photo by David J. Stang, Sassafras albidum 0zzCC BY-SA 4.0, (6) Photo by David J. Stang, Sassafras albidum 2zzCC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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