I found this:
Chionanthus retusus, commonly called Chinese fringetree, is native to China, Korea and Japan. As with the native U.S. species (C. virginicus), this plant is noted for its profuse spring bloom of fragrant white flowers. It is most often seen in cultivation as a large, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub growing to 10-20’ tall with a rounded, wide-spreading form. It also may be grown as a small tree (multi-trunked or trained as a single trunk), ultimately reaching up to 30-40’ tall. Terminal clusters (to 4” long) of mildly fragrant, pure white flowers with fringe-like petals bloom in late spring to early summer. Bloom appears about 2-3 weeks before that of C. virginicus. Plants are primarily dioecious (separate male and female plants), but some plants may have some perfect flowers. Male flowers are slightly showier. Female flowers (if fertilized) give way to clusters of olive-like fruits (each to 1/2”long) which ripen to a dark bluish black in late summer/fall and are a good food source for birds and wildlife. Lustrous, leathery leaves are ovate to elliptic and 4” long. Leaves on young plants have serrate margins. Leaves are bright green above and whitish-green plus downy beneath. Leaves turn yellow in fall (reportedly more attractive in northern areas). Exfoliating gray-brown bark is attractive in winter.
Genus name comes from the Greek words chion meaning snow and anthos meaning a flower for the snow white flowers of C. virginicus.
Specific epithet means rounded with a shallow notch at the apex, in reference to leaf shape.
Maybe mine is so slow because we have a really short growing season. I’m just happy it has survived.
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What a beautiful tree – love it 🙂
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Thanks sweetie. 😀
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🙂
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That’s beautiful!
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So glad you like this Fringe Tree. 😀
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A beautiful tree — thank you for sharing, Cee!
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Thanks Becca. 😀
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Wow–never seen one of these. Unique, beautiful.
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Hi Victoria, thanks for stopping by 😀
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I planted one of these shortly after we moved here, 17 years ago. It is now a majestic two feet tall!
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I just looked up Fringe Tree. It is southern….so it probably is too cold for you. Plus they did say it is a SLOW growing tree. 😀
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When I got this one it was marked as a Chinese Fringe Tree. It sure is slow growing!
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I wonder if it is not a bonsai of some sort.
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I found this:
Chionanthus retusus, commonly called Chinese fringetree, is native to China, Korea and Japan. As with the native U.S. species (C. virginicus), this plant is noted for its profuse spring bloom of fragrant white flowers. It is most often seen in cultivation as a large, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub growing to 10-20’ tall with a rounded, wide-spreading form. It also may be grown as a small tree (multi-trunked or trained as a single trunk), ultimately reaching up to 30-40’ tall. Terminal clusters (to 4” long) of mildly fragrant, pure white flowers with fringe-like petals bloom in late spring to early summer. Bloom appears about 2-3 weeks before that of C. virginicus. Plants are primarily dioecious (separate male and female plants), but some plants may have some perfect flowers. Male flowers are slightly showier. Female flowers (if fertilized) give way to clusters of olive-like fruits (each to 1/2”long) which ripen to a dark bluish black in late summer/fall and are a good food source for birds and wildlife. Lustrous, leathery leaves are ovate to elliptic and 4” long. Leaves on young plants have serrate margins. Leaves are bright green above and whitish-green plus downy beneath. Leaves turn yellow in fall (reportedly more attractive in northern areas). Exfoliating gray-brown bark is attractive in winter.
Genus name comes from the Greek words chion meaning snow and anthos meaning a flower for the snow white flowers of C. virginicus.
Specific epithet means rounded with a shallow notch at the apex, in reference to leaf shape.
Maybe mine is so slow because we have a really short growing season. I’m just happy it has survived.
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I think it is neat that it has survived for you. You would have a short growing season where you are compared to where I live. 😀
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What a wonderful tree
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Hi Raewyn, thanks for commenting 😀
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My link for Sunday Trees is
https://beccagivens.wordpress.com/2016/12/04/sunday-trees-264/
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Such beautiful, special trees!
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Thanks Amy. Glad you like them. 😀
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