Flowers:
Pink (Interesting, powder brush-like, fragrant pink flowers; late spring through summer)
Foliage:
Green (Dark green, fine-textured, bi-pinnately compound summer foliage that gives a tropical effect; late to emerge; no fall color change)
Fruit:
Brown (5-7" long brown pods that emerge in early fall and persist through the winter)
Soil:
Prefers well-drained, moist, rich, light soils, but very adaptable
Diagnostic Characteristics:
The dark green leaves are alternate and bipinnately compund, up to 20" long, with oblong leaflets, each 0.25-0.5" long. Stems glabrous, angled, and covered with numerous lenticels. The gray-brown bark is smooth.
