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🌶️ Cinnamon Tree

Cinnamomum verum
spices evergreen tree
Cinnamon Tree plant photo
☀️ Sun
full sun to partial shade
💧 Water
high
🗺️ Zones
[10,11]
🧪 Soil pH
4.5-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
well-drained, sandy loam
📏 Spacing
10-15 ft
📐 Height
30-50 ft (coppiced to 6-8 ft for harvest)
⏱️ Maturity
2-3 yrs to first harvest
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone

🤝 Companions (3)

🤝 Banana
Shade and humidity for young trees
🤝 Coffee
Traditional overstory; coffee understory
🤝 Ginger
Understory crop; complementary root depths

⚠️ Keep Apart (0)

No known enemies listed.

📝 Growing Notes

Harvested by coppicing , inner bark peeled, rolled, dried into quills. Ceylon (true cinnamon) crumbly and sweet. Cassia is what most Americans have.

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Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Botanical Interests True Leaf Market Burpee Territorial Seed Company

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