True CinnamonTree. True Ceylon Cinnamon

Quick grow facts

☀️

Sun

Full sun–part shade

NCSU

🪴

Soil

Good drainage, moist

NCSU

📏

Pot size

No source found

💧

Water

Warm, wet climate

PFAF

🌿

Fertilizer

No source found

🐝

Pollination

No source found

✂️

Propagation

Seed (short viability), stem cuttings

NCSU, PFAF

🐛

Pests & diseases

Cinnamon butterfly larvae, beetles, leaf miners

NCSU

⚠️

Look out for (Houston)

No source found

What it is

A small evergreen tropical tree from Sri Lanka; true cinnamon comes from its inner bark.

NC State Extension

Why grow/eat it

The inner bark is dried and ground as a spice for sweet and savory food. The leaves also give cinnamon flavor in cooking.

NC State Extension · PFAF

How to use it

Use dried, ground inner bark as a spice, or cook with the leaves.

NC State Extension · PFAF

Harvest in Houston

No source found

Container tips

Needs warm, wet conditions with no extremes of heat or cold. Young trees do best with afternoon shade.

NC State Extension · PFAF

Cautions

PFAF lists no known hazards.

PFAF