Mystic Meadows Gardens
American Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis (1st year plant available Fall 2025)
American Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis (1st year plant available Fall 2025)
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This majestic deciduous hardwood tree is Native to MA & CT and parts of VT. Also goes by the name of Buttonwood. It is a fast grower and gets extremely large. Blooms March - April with Blooms that can be red, green, yellow or brown (since they are tall trees you may not have noticed its blooms before). Blooms turn to fruit for birds & mammals that are orange/brown in color.
Prefers: Sun/Part Sun/Shade, Moist sandy loam or silty clay
You can tap the tree in the spring for its sugary syrup( although sugar content is lower than maple).
Benefits: provides food and shelter to birds and mammals
Deer resistant
Pictured below is a sycamore seed ball -Harvested in Pepperell. MA Inventory will be added when they are ready
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