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Staphylea trifoliata American Bladdernut	approximate number of seeds	approximate coverage in square feet
1 packet -  out of seeds	20
1 ounce -   -	500
1 pound -      ----	8,000

Staphylea is from a Greek phrase meaning "cluster of grapes"; trifolia refers to the three leaflets.

    Staphylea trifoliata or American Bladdernut grows as a shrub or small tree in rich wooded valleys and north or east facing wooded slopes preferring areas of limestone or dolomite and is often found growing along streams.  Native American Bladdernut trees have drooping clusters of small white to cream flowers in the spring but is grown more for its interesting clusters of bladder-like 2 inch long seed capsules that rattle in the wind.  American Bladdernut foliage remains green late into Autumn eventually turning a yellowish-green.  This shrub with its clusters of white flowers in spring, dark green leaves, and interesting pods makes an attractive border planting in partial shade.  
Staphylea trifolia is used in native plant gardens, naturalized areas, shade gardens and woodland areas

    Staphylea trifolia is a deciduous shrub in the family Staphyleaceae (Bladdernut family) and native to the Midwest & Eastern US.  American Bladdernut trees bloom in April & May and grow 10 to 15 feet tall and 10 to 20 feet wide.  Bladdernut trees grow in partial to full shade in dry to medium soil and tolerates a wide range of soil conditions.
     Staphylea trifolia American Bladdernut has showy flowers in spring & showy fruit in the fall.  American bladdernut is a native fast-growing, suckering, shrub or small tree that commonly occurs in woodland thickets, bottomlands, and moist soils along streams throughout Midwest & Eastern US.  Bladdernut in the wild establishes dense colonies often growing in a shrubby form 10-15' tall (less frequently to 25'). Compound, trifoliate (three parted), dark green leaves (each ovate leaflet to 4" long). Bladdernut trees have white, bell-shaped flowers in drooping clusters in spring. Flowers give way to inflated, bladder-like, egg-shaped, papery seed capsules (1-2" long) which mature in late summer and often persist into early winter. The showy seed capsules add interest to dried flower arrangements.

Plant seeds outside in fall/early winter for germination the following spring. Seeds apparently have a double dormancy. Three months warm moist followed by three months at 40 degrees. 

Native American Bladdernut grows wild from Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, north to Quebec and west to Ontario and Minnesota.  The map below shows areas where this tree grows wild but it can be planted and will grow over a wider area than shown.  USDA plant hardiness zones 3 to 9.

Staphylea trifoliata American Bladdernut	Alabama Arkansas Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky	Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New York	North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

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