Chionanthus virginicus
White Fringetree
- Easy to grow
- Native
- Green, spear-like leaves
- White fringelike blooms May and June
- Attracts birds
- Attracts butterflies
- Beautiful fall foliage
- Lightly fragrant
- Great specimen or border plant
- Category: Tree
- Breeder: American Beauties Native Plants
- Hardiness Zone: 4-9
- Height: 12-20 ft
- Spread: 12-20 ft
- Bloom Color: White Shades
Purchase options for White Fringetree
- Size: #3 30-36"
- Status: BeautiFULL
- Availability: In Stock
$103.00
- Size: #7 36-42"
- Status: BeautiFULL
- Availability: In Stock
$191.00
This easy to grow and widely underused American Beauties selection is the perfect combination of beauty, utility, and wildlife attractiveness. Long, wide, deep green spear-like leaves cover this multi-stemmed small tree and serve as a perfect backdrop for 4-6 drooping strings of white fringe-like petals from mid-May to mid-June. In late summer, bunches of dark, bluish-black fruit appear, providing prized food for local birds and other garden critters. Even with its attractive fruit and flowers, Fringetree may save its best show for last with a bright yellow fall foliage display that is as bright as it is beautiful. Use Fringetree in your landscape in any sunny location that calls for a small specimen or it can even be grouped along the border to form a unique hedge or windbreak that will enhance your landscape with its ability to house many colorful local birds.
Foliage Color
| • | Green |
Attracts Wildlife
| • | Attracts Songbirds |
Flower Color
| • | White |
Programs
| • | American Beauties Native Plants® |
Growing Tips for Chionanthus virginicus
Does best in sunny locations. This outstanding native selection is a wide spreading, multi-stemmed, large deciduous shrub or small tree. It bursts into color in the spring featuring abundant, lightly fragrant fringed flowers are held in 6-8", soft clusters.