IFAS Extension
Urban Horticulture
Abstract
It is hard to think of a more beautiful, small, 20-foot-tall tree than Chinese fringetree when it is in full bloom. The pure white, fragrant flowers, emerging just as the dogwood flowers fade, hang in 4-inch-long, spectacular terminal panicles, which appear to cover the tree with snowy white cotton for two to three weeks. Flowers emerge at the terminal end of the spring shoot growth flush.
About this Publication
This document is ENH319, one of a series of the UF/IFAS Department of Environmental Horticulture. Original publication date November 1993. Reviewed May 2014. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. © UF/IFAS. This publication is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
How to Cite
Gilman, E., & Watson, D. (2006). Chionanthus retusus: Chinese Fringetree. EDIS, 2006(12). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-st160-1993
Authors
Edward F. Gilman
professor emeritus, Department of Environmental Horticulture
Dennis G. Watson
former associate professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Gainesville, FL
Contacts
Michael Andreu
Specialist
University of Florida
professor, forest systems, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences