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Satinwood, Yellowheart Zanthoxylum flavum
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"Mmmm. What's that I smell?"
"Oh, that must be the satinwood over there. It's blooming
now."
"You can smell it from way over here! Mmmm!" |
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Satinwood is a small-to-medium sized tree with good salt-
and drought-tolerance.
Its range is throughout the lower Florida Keys, and
around the Caribbean. |
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Satinwood (also called yellowheart) was used in making
cabinets, fine furniture and specialty items such as hand mirrors and
hairbrushes (source). |
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Being a member of the citrus family Rutaceae,
swallowtail butterflies will lay their eggs on the leaves. You will
see the adults fluttering nervously around, like parents at a kindergarten
holiday show. |
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Use one as an accent tree or mix a few into your naturalized
screening. |
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We grow them in a few different sizes. Call for
current availability.
At right, in 15-gal. concrete pots, about 8' planted
height. |
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