Fraxinus – Ash – <\/strong><\/p>\n

There are about 65 species of fast growing, deciduous, rarely evergreen trees, in this genus.\u00a0 They occur in woodland, mainly in the Northern Hemisphere.\u00a0 The leaves are opposite and pinnate, light to dark green, 2-20″ long.\u00a0 The flowers are borne in terminal or axillary panicles or racemes, from spring to early summer.\u00a0 Ashes are grown for their habit and foliage.\u00a0 Most have inconspicuous, petalless flowers, although some, including F. ornus and F. sieboldiana are grown for their ornamental flowers.\u00a0 F. americana, F. pennsylvanica, and F. uhdei usually bears male and female flowers on separate plants, both are need to produce the single-seeded, winged fruits.\u00a0 Ashes are excellent specimen tree for woodland or coastal gardens.\u00a0 They are widely planted as a street and park tree.\u00a0 Some are valued for their timber.<\/p>\n

Grow in fertile, moist but well drained, neutral to alkaline soil in full sun.\u00a0 They need space for root system.\u00a0 They are tolerant of coastal salt air, exposed positions, urban pollution, and heavy clay.<\/p>\n

Prone to Mycosphaerella leaf spot, powdery mildew, rust, brown cubical rot, white rots, wilt, anthracnose, cankers, twig diebacks, borers, leaf miners, carpenter worm, ash sawfly, fall webworm, <\/em>and scale insects.<\/em><\/p>\n

F. velutina – Velvet Ash – Arizona Ash – Desert Ash <\/strong>– This spreading, deciduous tree from Southwestern USA and Mexico grows 30′ feet tall and wide. It has silvery gray bark. From twigs with a downy coating carries pinnate, leathery, velvety, thick gray-green leaves, to 6″ long, each with 3-5, sometimes 7, lance shaped, pointed leaflets, turning yellow in autumn.\u00a0 Inconspicuous flowers and wedge shaped fruit with notched tips.<\/p>\n

Zones 6-9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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