| Description | Summertime Amur Maackia (Maackia amurensis) is a small, slow-growing, deciduous tree with creamy white flowers in the summer. |
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| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-7 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | Showy racemes of fragrant creamy white pea-like flowers rose above the foliage mid-summer. |
| Leaves | Forest green deciduous foliage that turns silver in spring. The pinnately compound leaves are highly ornamental but do not display any notable fall color. |
| Stems | mottled bark |
| Dimensions | 18 by 18 feet (HS) |
| Cultivar Origin | In 2002, the University of Minnesota Horticultural Research Center released ‘Summertime,’ an Amur maackia cultivar that remains under 18 feet. |
| Misc Facts | The genus Maackia is named for the Russian naturalist Richard Maack, while the specific epithet comes from the Amur River, the namesake of the Amur Maple. |
| Notes & Reference | University of Minnesota, USA |
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