Item Tag: Chionanthus

Chionanthus VirginicusAlso known as: White Fringe tree, Grancy GreybeardThis beautiful tree is native to the eastern United States, from New Jersey south to Florida, and west to Oklahoma and Texas. A carefree native, this small tree puts on a heck of a show in late spring with thousands of pendulous, delicately fragrant white flowers covering the tree before the leaves emerge. The flowers will perfume your garden. At the end of bloom season, the green leaf tips accent the snowy blooms for an impressive finale. It’s no wonder the Fringe tree has been a garden favorite and heritage plant for generations!It is dioecious, meaning that there are male and female trees. The males are typically showier in bloom due to their longer petals, however, it is the female plants that are bedecked with dark blue fruit in late summer. Birds relish the fleshy fruit and will find it easily, even though the foliage sometimes hides it from view. It attracts butterflies, wild turkeys, mockingbirds, blue jays, woodpeckers and cardinals.Fringetree is easily grown in average to medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. It prefers moist, fertile soils, but tolerates a wide variety, including the red clay of the south. It seldom needs pruning, but benefits from some branch thinning if an open habit is desired. Tolerant of air pollution, it adapts well to urban settings. At maturity it will be around 12-20′ tall and wide. It can have several trunks, making the shape variable depending on the way they grow. It usually forms an open shrub, but you can train it to have just one trunk and live as a small tree if desired.USDA Hardiness Zone 3-9, so for those of you in colder regions….ENJOY!It is in the Oleaceae (Olive) family.This offer is for 10 seeds! For complete transparency we include payment processing & Ebay fees in our shipping/handling cost.*DISCLAIMER*NO RETURNS/REFUNDS/REPLACEMENTS ON SEEDSMost specialty seeds we offer are NOT fast to germinate.Many take several weeks, months, and some even up towards a year depending on dormancy, region, season etc. It is important that the buyer understands that seeds are perishable products and seed germination can be adversely affected by such factors as mold/fungus, bugs, temperature, moisture content, light intensity, dormancy, care, contamination of planting media among many other reasons. These factors are totally out of The Plant Attraction’s control and are the buyer’s responsibility and risk. Germination recommendations are sent with each order and the buyer is free to research and use their own methods. Floating seeds do not always indicate that the seed is not viable. Many times it is a misconception because the seed does not have the density to sink in water. Accordingly, The Plant Attraction does not guarantee seeds to perform properly regardless of conditions or buyer’s methods or mistakes. Since 2006 we have been doing our best to hand sort and provide the freshest, cleanest harvest that is free of defects and bugs.