About
This deciduous shrub produces numerous lightly fragrant, delicate, creamy-white flowers during June and July. In the fall, it may bear dark blue-black berries.
About the genus
Chionanthus comprises small deciduous trees or substantial shrubs characterized by opposite simple leaves. They produce loose terminal clusters of white flowers, each featuring four slender petals, which may later give rise to blue-black berries.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Clay, Loam
- Soil pH
- Acid
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, South-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 2.5-4 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural
- Native to
- E North America
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in any fertile, slightly acidic, well-drained soil in full sun
- Pruning
- Pruning group 1; remove lower branches to encourage a tree-like habit
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed in a cold frame in autumn. May take up to 18 months to germinate
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free