Flowering TreesKentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus) is a slow-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 3-8, that matures to about 60-80 ft × 40-55 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect green and white blooms in spring and summer. It attracts moths, stands up well to heat, pollution and salt.
- USDA zones
- 3-8
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 60-80 ft × 40-55 ft
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Bloom color
- Green, White
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Attracts
- Moths
- Tough against
- Heat, Pollution, Salt
- Native to
- Central and eastern United States to Ontario and Quebec, Canada
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Kentucky Coffeetree is hardy to about -40°F (estimated from USDA zone 3), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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