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Chinese Flowering Ash

Fraxinus sieboldiana

Also called Siebold Ash, Asian Flowering Ash

Chinese Flowering Ash
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0

Chinese flowering ash is a medium-sized deciduous tree from East Asia, valued as an ornamental and grown mainly in gardens and parks rather than as a houseplant. The key to growing it is a sunny to lightly shaded, moist but well-drained site in a temperate climate.

Family
Oleaceae (Olive family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the first years, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between deep waterings.
Soil
Fertile, moist, well-drained loam; tolerates a range of soil types.
Temperature
Hardy to USDA zone 6, roughly -23 °C; young trees may need protection from late frosts.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. China to Korea, C. & S. Japan
Climate
temperate

About

Fraxinus sieboldiana, the Chinese flowering ash or Japanese flowering ash, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae. It is native to southeastern China, the Korean peninsula, and Japan. It grows on wooded slopes and by streams. It is hardy to USDA zone 6. A variegated cultivar, 'Rising Sun', is available.

Other Fraxinus plants

White ash · European ash · Gregg's ash · Formosan Ash · Manchurian ash · Manna Ash · Green ash · Fraxinus platypoda · Velvet ash · Ash

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fraxinus sieboldiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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