Platanus occidentalis (Sycamore) Beginner Plants Clusters of creamy white fragrant

Clusters of creamy white fragrant flowers attract hummers and butterflies before turning into showy clusters of silky seeds that glisten with back-lighting

This native is an adaptable cool season clumping grass commonly found in wet prairies and sedge meadows

It is not without its problems though

Planted densely it can form swirling dense mats of lush grass foliage

Flower Color Blue

Platanus occidentalis (Sycamore) Beginner Plants Clusters of creamy white fragrantPlatanus occidentalis (Sycamore) is a charming tree with its huge leaves and its brown bark giving way to a white mottled bark towards the top. An excellent tree for medium to wet soils that grow fast and lives to be up to 250 years! A common landscaping tree of parks it also works well in yards where you have the room to let this tree thrive. Commonly found in wet floodplains, swamps, and wet forests in natural areas in Illinois. Sun Exposure Prairie