Botanical Name: Cercocarpus ledifolius
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Common Name: Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree, Broadleaf Evergreen, Shrub

 

Height Range

6-12', 12-25'

 

Flower Color

Red

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Dark Green, White

 

Bark Color

Grey, White

 

Fruit Color

Brown, Red

 

Fruit Season

Summer, Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Mountain States Nursery
  • Description

  • Notes

Curl-leaf mountain mahoghany is a Utah native, useful as a large shrub or pruned as a small tree. It is one of the few native broad-leafed evergreens. It grows with a multi-stemmed, bushy, upright habit to about 8 to 12 feet tall and wide, though with supplemental watering it may grow taller. Flowers are small and reddish, blooming June to August. They are followed by an interesting curling, hairy, wiry plume. that is luminescent when back-lit. Bark is reddish brown and furrowed. Useful in a shrub or foundation border, or as part of a screen.