Taxon

Chionanthus retusus

 
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Chionanthus retusus - Chinese fringetree
Image: Payton, Gregory - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Chinese fringetree
Family: Oleaceae (olive family)
Distribution: e. Asia
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: A wonderful, deciduous, small tree to large shrub. It grows to 25' tall and nearly as wide with a spreading, rounded habit. Multiple trunks often have beautiful, peeling, orange-brown bark. White flowers are produced abundantly in May; they are in many-flowered panicles and have a slight fragrance. Dark blue fruit is produced on female trees only, in the presence of a male pollinator. A great specimen tree. Drought resistant once established and virtually pest free. Site in full sun in moist, well-drained soil.
Links: • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • Tropicos • World Flora Online

Locations

  • 1: AZA: AX14 (AX14) • Accession: D2000-0565.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: DHG: AM09 (AM09) • Accession: D2023-0052.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: FLT: CJ23 (CJ23) • Accession: D2016-0257.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 4: LKV: CB17 (CB17) • Accession: D1997-0734.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 5: LKV: CB17 (CB17) • Accession: D2016-0257.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 6: VCA: AW13 (AW13) • Accession: D1993-0273.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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