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Common Name: Leatherwood Latin Name: Dirca palustris Size: 4 (min) to 8 (max)

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Leatherwood
Dirca palustris
Maximum Height: 8 feet

Category: Shrub
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Dirca
species: palustris
Origin:
Size: 4 (min) to 8 (max)
Size Description: medium shrub
Notes: Native Americans used bark for baskets, bow strings, fish lines.
Characteristics:

Recommended

Native

Rain Garden

Availability:		Not Available
Part Shade Tolerance:		Good Performance	See other plants that like part shade.

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Colors

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Bloom history: (Recorded in Cincinnati, Ohio, unless otherwise noted)3/6/2017 until 3/19/2017 See other plants that bloom at this time.
3/31/2014 until 4/14/2014 See other plants that bloom at this time.
3/22/2011 until 4/5/2011 See other plants that bloom at this time.

Plant Images and Specimens

Planted By: Dick Ammon
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz

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Shrub in Bloom
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati
Age: Young
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein
Season: Early Spring
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Flowers
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati
Age: Young
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein
Season: Early Spring
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Shrub in Foliage
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati
Age: Young
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein
Season: Late Spring
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Fall color
Location: Louisville, KY
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz

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