Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
It grows wild in 40 of Mississippi’s 82 counties.
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Dry to moist soil
- Size
- 21 ft to 30 ft tall, 16 ft wide
- Flowers
- White
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Roots
- Woody roots; wants 20 in of soil
- Kind
- Tree, Shrub
Planted young
in flowerfruit or seedfall colorbare for winter
What it feeds
- Caterpillars
- 11 kinds of caterpillars
Grows well with
Sweetbay Magnolia
American Witch-hazel
Common Waxmyrtle
Eastern Redbud
Yaupon Holly
Common Pawpaw
Coral Honeysuckle
American WisteriaFacts from the Quercus record for Chionanthus virginicus.