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Botanists
John and William Bartram first discovered this small tree growing
wild in southeast Georgia in 1765. They named it in honor of
Benjamin Franklin. It is an ornamental, grown for its showy
white flowers which mature in September. It is often planted
as a shrub. It is short and has an open crown of upright branches.
All Franklin trees grown today were started from Bartram’s
original collection.
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| Height: 20’ |
| Leaves: 5”-7” long,
1-1/2”-2-3/4” wide. Alternate, simple, oblong or
obovate. Shiny green above, paler (with gray hairs when young)
becoming nearly hairless at maturity, turning brilliant orange
or red in autumn. |
| Habitat: Has
not been seen in the wild since 1790. Grown throughout the United
States in moist soils areas. |
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