eve's necklace
Styphnolobium affine
USDA zones7 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles dry to moderate soil
Size15 to 35 feet tall10 to 20 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- White , pink
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Eve's necklace (Styphnolobium affine) is a tree for specimen planting, accents, borders, and pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 7, or down to 0°F (-18°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry to average, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Fragrant pink flowers open in spring and attract bees. It looks best grown alone because larger neighbors make it spindly. Deer tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Blue wild indigo, Beautyberry, and Trumpet honeysuckle.
Native range
AR, LA, OK, and TX.