Staphylea pinnata

Staphylea pinnata
bladdernut

SIZE/TYPE	taller shrub
USUAL HEIGHT	3-5m
USUAL WIDTH
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	+multicolored:white and pink
BLOOMING TIME	May - June
LOCATION	full to partial sun
USDA zone (lowest)	4 (down to -34°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Deciduous broadleaf

Bladdernut is a native plant to our climate and country, though it seems a little endangered now.

It is popular for its pendent panicles of fragrant, white flowers with light pink stripes. They are followed by fruit hidden in unusual capsules. The hard, spherical seeds were used for making necklaces and even beads.

The leaves are pinnate, composed of 5-7 individual leaflets of mid green colour with slightly blue-grey underneath. It grows moderately, making upright shoots from the ground that branch out at the top.

It is soil adaptable, provided it is well-drained. It does best in moist soil, full sun or part shade. Fully hardy to -29°C (USDA zone 5).

Last update 28-02-2008

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.