Camptotheca acuminata

 Happy Tree or Tree of Life is a rare flowering, deciduous tree with light gray bark. It has large oval shaped leaves, a large crown at the top of the tree (like an avocado) and blooms in the late spring into summer (May to July). The flowers look a little like the all-over spiky blooms of the Button Bush plant (Cephalanthus Occidentalis).

These are seedlings.

*Growth rate, habit: vigorous, upright

*Mature size: about 60 ft tall or higher with a with a wide canopy

*Soil/water: average, seems to be pretty easy to grow

*Cold hardiness temperature: 7b, although can get damaged in the teens

*Light: full sun to part shade

*Blooms: small yellow with multiple petals all over

*Features: relative of the Tupelo

*Special considerations: can be pruned, produces fruit with seeds